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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hometown%20Tales
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Hometown Tales
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Hometown Tales began as a Public-access television cable TV program in the New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania area in 2002. It was created by a producer from New Jersey, Gene Fitzpatrick and a writer from New Mexico, Bryan Minogue. It soon expanded into a popular podcast, radio program and website.
Hometown Tales focuses on urban legends, folklore, historic oddities, ghost stories and local culture from towns all over. All this is done with a light hearted twist and friendly exchange by the hosts. Gene Fitzpatrick plays the role of the skeptic while Bryan Minogue is frequently fearful of the paranormal stories. Emphasis is put on the tales, and not their veracity; therefore a pure urban legend will be treated on equal ground with a true story.
The television program resulted in nine 30 minutes episodes which still air on many Public-access television channels like Patriot 8 from Patriot Cable in Somerset, NJ, Cablevision of Morris and others. Many of those segments have been re-purposed in a vidcast feed as well as on the Hometown Tales website.
When Podcasting hit the scene, Hometown Tales began producing a program to support the TV show. It was one of the earlier podcasts on the scene and peaked in the Top 10 of most popular podcasts on Podcast Alley. For a brief period of time the program aired on Sirius Satellite Radio as part of Dawn and Drew Presents. Even though the program was used by Dawn and Drew during their block of air time on Sirius courtesy of Adam Curry's Podshow, Hometown Tales was never actually contracted by Podshow now known as Mevio. They were also featured heavily on KYOU Radio in San Francisco. While the shows decreased to a bare minimum during 2012 and 2013, they returned in November 2014 and release new recordings inconsistently.
Both Fitzpatrick and Minogue are also former colleagues of the marketing agency, DVC.
References
BBC Lists Hometown Tales as Top Podcast.
Television shows set in the United States
American public access television shows
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppy%20Love%20%28Paul%20Anka%20song%29
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Puppy Love (Paul Anka song)
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"Puppy Love" is a popular song written by Paul Anka in 1960 for Annette Funicello, a Mouseketeer, whom he had a crush on. Anka's version reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 behind Percy Faith's "Theme from A Summer Place", No. 4 on the Canadian CHUM Charts, and No. 33 on the UK Singles Chart.
Donny Osmond version
Twelve years later the song was revived by Donny Osmond. It was released on February 19, 1972, and reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 1, 1972. It peaked at No. 1 in April 1972 on both the Canadian RPM singles chart for three weeks and the UK Singles Chart for five weeks the following July. Billboard ranked this version as the No. 67 song for 1972. It was certified Gold by the RIAA on March 24, 1972. The song was also covered by British pop group S Club Juniors in 2002.
On March 15, 1972, DJ Robert W. Morgan played the Donny Osmond version for 90 minutes straight on KHJ in Los Angeles. After receiving numerous calls from listeners, LAPD raided the station studios. The officers left without making arrests.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
1960 singles
1972 singles
2002 singles
Number-one singles in Australia
RPM Top Singles number-one singles
Number-one singles in New Zealand
UK Singles Chart number-one singles
Donny Osmond songs
Paul Anka songs
S Club 8 songs
Songs written by Paul Anka
Song recordings produced by Mike Curb
1960 songs
Number-one singles in Mexico
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo%20Cremonesi
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Alfredo Cremonesi
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Alfredo Cremonesi (15 May 19027 February 1953) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and member from the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions. He studied in Crema and Milan before setting off from Genoa to Naples and then to the Burmese missions via boat. He pledged that he would never return to the Italian mainland and spent the remainder of his life working with the Burmese people in mountain villages despite the great difficulties he faced. Cremonesi was also a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II after the Japanese occupied the nation.
The Burmese independence reached in 1948 prompted guerrilla conflict which caused great unrest and destruction to the point that Cremonesi and other missionaries were forced into exile so as to remain safe. But he reached out to the guerillas and received their permission to return to the village he worked in. It was also there in that village that government forces mistook him for a rebel - or a supporter of the rebels - and shot him dead alongside the village chief and two girls.
The beatification process for the late priest opened in 2004 and he became titled as a Servant of God. Pope Francis approved his beatification and it took place in Crema on 19 October 2019.
Life
Childhood and education
Alfredo Cremonesi was born on 15 May 1902 in Ripalta Guerina in Cremona as the first of seven children to the grocer Enrico Cremonesi and Maria Rosa Scartabellati. His siblings (in order) were:
Tarcisio (1904−1952)
Ernesto (1908−1945)
Giovanni (1909−1966)
Giuseppe (1911−1980)
Rodolfo (1914−1987)
Teresina (1920−December 2002)
He received his baptism on 16 May in the local parish church from Angelo Bassi. One cousin was Amina Uselli and a paternal aunt was the nun Sister Gemma (16 July 1878−3 April 1958). Cremonesi received his Confirmation on 4 October 1908 from the Bishop of Crema Ernesto Fontana and then made his First Communion on 1 April 1909. His father was a devoted Christian who opposed Fascism and it was his mother who oversaw the religious education of the seven children. It was in his childhood at some stage that he read the journal of Thérèse of Lisieux and from that point fostered a deep devotion to her. His brother Ernesto was also a devoted Christian whom the Nazis arrested and jailed in a concentration camp where he would die in 1945 before the European Theatre conflict ended. Cremonesi sent a letter to his parents upon learning this and said that "I am proud to be his brother" and that "Ernesto will be able to do more in paradise than he could have done on earth".
His time in school was interrupted due to a severe disease and he was forced to spend most of that time confined to his bed. His frail health since childhood led to people concluding that he would never be able to enter the missions since it would be improbable that he would be cured of his consistent ailments. The desire to enter the missions had been a dream he had for sometime since his late childhood and into his adolescence. But he defied the odds (and the expectation of doctors who thought he would die in a few months) and overcame his disease with Cremonesi attributing his healing to Thérèse of Lisieux. Upon his recuperation he transferred to Milan for education in an institute that the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions managed to prepare new missionaries on 17 September 1922. He became known for being both impetuous and a gifted writer who published a collection of poems.
Ordination and departure
Between October and November 1923 he received the minor orders before being elevated into the subdiaconate on 19 April 1924 and the diaconate on 29 June 1924. The seminarian received his ordination to the priesthood in October 1924 (from the P.I.M.E. bishop Giovanni Menicatti in the San Francesco Saverio church) and then in June 1925 learned that his dream to enter the missions was to take place for he would be sent to the then-Burma. Cremonesi received a special dispensation for his ordination since he had not reached the canonical age required for ordination. Cremonesi celebrated his first Mass on 19 October 1924 in San Michele and on 5 October 1925 received the cross of the missions from the Archbishop of Milan Eugenio Tosi. But before being sent to the missions he was put in charge of teaching the Italian language in the Seminario Minore di San Ilario in Nervi in Genoa. He left Genoa for Naples and set sail from there on 16 October 1925 but before leaving declared he would never return to his homeland despite the insistence of his relatives to return for a visit. His mother did not take well to his desire for the missions but relented to her son's wishes and maintained correspondence with him on a frequent basis. Cremonesi celebrated his last Mass before leaving in Crema in the Santuario della Madonna delle Grazie on 4 October 1925.
Apostolate
But his new mission also proved difficult for the enthusiastic Cremonesi who suffered from loneliness for a brief time upon his arrival on 10 November 1925. He worked with the Karen people in an isolated mountain village and often had to travel miles between communities to visit the people. His first assignment was in Yedashé in western Yoma to visit villages and he was successful in the conversion of some of the natives. He was later transferred to Donokù and would remain there until the outbreak of World War II in relative peace. Cremonesi was often exhausted from his extensive trips and he even once contracted malaria. During the 1920s he maintained correspondence with the P.I.M.E. superior Paolo Manna and met with Manna when he visited the Burmese missions on 19 February 1928.
The outbreak of World War II saw the British-run Burma enter the conflict to the detriment of Italian missionaries who soon found themselves as enemies due to Benito Mussolini declaring his alliance with the Axis powers. To that end he was moved further north to Moshò to work in the villages. Near the end of the war he was forced to live in the forest where he ate herbs in order to survive. Cremonesi wrote of the trials he endured during the war in a letter dated on 20 February 1946; he refers to his lack of food and clothing (limited to what he had on) and noting that villages were devoid of people with marketplaces being abandoned.
In 1941 he avoided Japanese imprisonment in a concentration camp in India after the Japanese occupied the nation. He lived eating herbs cooked in salt and water during this time but was discovered and caught. In the final month of the war a Japanese officer took him and tied him up for the night before allowing him to leave in the morning where he took refuge in the woods. Cremonesi did not understand the reason for his release but attributed it to the intercession of God.
Cremonesi fostered a great devotion to Thérèse of Lisieux and to the Sacred Heart. He practiced Eucharistic Adoration each night for one hour before the tabernacle and awoke around 4:00am to celebrate Mass.
He returned to Donokù after the war had ended to resume his work. But Burmese independence from the British Empire in 1948 prompted conflict once the Karen people rebelled and started to resort to use guerilla tactics against the new government. This conflict would endure even after Cremonesi's later murder. In August 1950 the rebels attacked the village prompting both Cremonesi and the inhabitants to flee into the forest before he took refuge close o the mission in Taungngu. Cremonesi was saddened that these occurrences had taken place and he referred to his current state as an exile. On 25 March 1952 he was permitted to return to the village where he was able to resume his work after he made contact with the guerillas who allowed him to return to the village. Cremonesi knew of Clemente Vismara and wrote of him in high esteem.
Murder
The rebels defeated government soldiers - on 7 February 1953 - which prompted the surviving government forces to flee to the village that Cremonesi was stationed in. But the soldiers soon became convinced upon their entrance that the villagers favored the rebels and were perhaps allies to the rebels. This presented a clear danger to the villagers which prompted Cremonesi to intervene to assure them that there were no rebels nor rebel allies present in the village. This convinced the soldiers who left the village in peace. But the rebels ambushed the soldiers just outside the village which prompted the soldiers to return in anger to seek out Cremonesi believing it had been a set up. The soldiers even perceived his clothing to be alike to that of the rebels. Cremonesi's words went ignored and the soldiers fired their machine guns at him and the village chief who both collapsed to the ground (the village chief died while Cremonesi was still alive after being shot in the chest). Two girls were behind them and were killed in that attack. The villagers fled into the forest during the commotion while the soldiers entered the local church and desecrated it before setting the village ablaze. Once this was done the commander approached the injured Cremonesi and shot him in the face at point-blank range when he realized the priest was still alive.
The villagers returned to the remains of their village on 8 February to collect and inter the dead which included Cremonesi (while also washing his remains). But the villagers - before his burial - cut some parts of his beard and bloodied shirt and sent it to P.I.M.E. authorities in Taungngu in an envelope with an inscription: "Relics of the martyr Father Cremonesi to be sent to his parents". On 7 May 1953 a P.I.M.E. priest visited Donokù for the identification of his remains which were exhumed for a solemn funeral and burial in Taungngu. His death was announced in Crema in the diocesan paper "Il nuovo Torrazzo" on 14 February 1953 in a piece entitled "Abbiamo un martire".
Beatification
The beatification process opened on 29 March 2004 under Pope John Paul II after the Congregation for the Causes of Saints titled the late priest as a Servant of God and issued an edict that declared "nihil obstat" (no objections to the cause). The general forum for the process (the investigation) was transferred on 4 March 2004 from Taungngu to the Cremona diocese but it was also conducted in the Taunggyi archdiocese. The diocesan process of investigation was opened in 2004 and concluded on 9 June 2004 in the two dioceses with their respective heads (Bishop Dante Lafranconi and Matthias U Shwe) overseeing the process. The C.C.S. issued a decree on 9 February 2007 that made the diocesan investigation valid while historical consultants to the C.C.S. approved Cremonesi's cause on 13 May 2014 after assessing the historical context in which he died.
The postulation drafted and submitted the Positio dossier to the C.C.S. in 2015 for evaluation while nine theologians confirmed the cause in their meeting held on 6 February 2018. The C.C.S. cardinal and bishop members met and approved the cause on 5 March 2019. Pope Francis approved the cause on 19 March 2019 which allowed for Cremonesi to be beatified; it was celebrated on 19 October 2019 in Crema with Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu presiding over the celebration on the pope's behalf.
It has been confirmed from some officials close to the cause in Cremona that the beatification - if and when approved - would be celebrated in Cremona. It was later elaborated on that there were high hopes that Cremonesi could be beatified in October 2019 when the cause received papal approval.
The current postulator for this cause is Francesca Consolini.
See also
Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions
Clement Vismara
Paolo Manna
Mario Vergara
References
External links
Hagiography Circle
Italian biography
1902 births
1953 deaths
20th-century Roman Catholic martyrs
20th-century Italian Roman Catholic priests
20th-century venerated Christians
Beatifications by Pope Francis
Deaths by firearm in Myanmar
Italian beatified people
Italian expatriates in Myanmar
Italian people executed abroad
Clergy from the Province of Cremona
People shot dead by law enforcement officers
Roman Catholic missionaries in Myanmar
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broom%20of%20the%20Cowdenknowes
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Broom of the Cowdenknowes
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"Broom of the Cowdenknowes", also known as "Bonny May", is a traditional Scottish love ballad, (Child 217, Roud 92). It has been traced to the seventeenth century, but its exact origin is unknown.
The title of the song references the Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius) flower, a vibrant yellow flower found throughout Scotland, including Cowdenknowes, a Scottish barony east of the Leader Water (River Leader), 32 miles southeast of Edinburgh in Berwickshire.
Synopsis
The original and extended ballad was the story of a young shepherdess who falls in love with a stranger on horseback, who rides by her pasture every day. The song became popular across Scotland and England towards the end of the reign of James Vl & I, and the earliest publication date found is 1651. The melody was also published as a dance tune, during the same year, in John Playford's first edition of The English Dancing Master.
Throughout the many versions of the popular folksong, there are many lyrical variations, but the plot remain consistent. The shepherdess and stranger fall in love and have an affair. When she becomes pregnant, she is banished from her country. She seeks out her lover, finding him to now be a wealthy lord. They marry, but she is never truly happy away from her own country, and she pines for "the bonnie bonnie broom".
Traditionally, the song is sung from the perspective of the shepherdess. The broom, a tall shrub which blooms with spikes of small golden flowers, once grew abundantly on hillsides of the Scottish Borders.
Recordings
"Broom O' the Cowdenknowes" was recorded by Scottish folk singer Jean Redpath on her 1987 release A Fine Song for Singing. Other artists who recorded the song under either this title or its variants include Silly Wizard, Alexander James Adams, Baltimore Consort, John Allan Cameron, Cherish the Ladies, The City Waites, Liam Clancy, Meg Davis, Frankie Gavin, Ian Giles, Dave Gunning, The Highwaymen, Jimmy MacBeath, Ed Miller, North Sea Gas, Kim Robertson, Lucie Skeaping, The Watersons, and Robin Williamson.
The ballad was recorded under its alternate title "Bonny May" by British folk singer June Tabor on her first solo album, Airs and Graces, in 1976. It was also released under this title by the group 10,000 Maniacs on its 2015 album Twice Told Tales and by Offa Rex, a group featuring the American indie rock band
Decemberists and British folk singer Olivia Chaney, on its 2017 debut The Queen of Hearts.
References
Scottish folk songs
Child Ballads
Year of song unknown
17th-century songs
Songwriter unknown
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"Fingertips '93", is a song by Swedish pop duo Roxette, released as the third and final single from their fourth studio album Tourism on 26 January 1993. The single was only released in a select few countries, and charted moderately in territories such as Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Spain. The song would be given a wider release when it was issued as one of the b-sides on the duo's proceeding single, "Almost Unreal", which was released four months later in May 1993.
Music video
The music video was Roxette's first collaboration with director Jonas Åkerlund, who would go on to direct a total of twelve music videos for the duo.
Formats and track listings
All music and lyrics by Per Gessle, except "Hotblooded", music by Marie Fredriksson and Gessle.
7" single and cassette (Europe 8650237)
"Fingertips '93" – 3:42
"Dressed for Success" (Live from the Sydney Entertainment Centre on 13 December 1991) – 4:49
CD single (Australia · Europe 8650222)
"Fingertips '93" – 3:42
"Dressed for Success" (Live from Sydney) – 4:49
"Hotblooded" (Live from Sydney) – 3:55
"The Voice" – 4:27
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Tourism and Rarities.
Original album version recorded at Nas Nevans Recording Studio, Rio de Janeiro in May 1992
Single version remixed at EMI Studios, Stockholm in December 1992
Musicians
Marie Fredriksson – lead and backing vocals
Per Gessle – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, programming and mixing
Per "Pelle" Alsing – drums
Dave Edwards – psychedelic voice
Anders Herrlin – bass guitar, engineering and programming
Jonas Isacsson – acoustic and electric guitars and mandolin
Clarence Öfwerman – keyboards, production and mixing
Staffan Öfwerman – backing vocals
Alar Suurna – percussion, engineering and mixing
Technical
Paulo Junqueiro – engineer
Antoine Midani – assistant engineer
Charts
References
1993 singles
Roxette songs
Music videos directed by Jonas Åkerlund
Songs written by Per Gessle
1992 songs
EMI Records singles
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Association%20of%20Black%20Actuaries
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International Association of Black Actuaries
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The International Association of Black Actuaries (IABA) is a tax-exempt, nonprofit professional organization that represents black actuarial professionals and students around the world. Its members include Fellows, Associates and students of the Society of Actuaries, the Casualty Actuarial Society, the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, and Enrolled Actuaries originating from the United States, Canada, Caribbean and African nations.
Mission
IABA's mission is to contribute to an increase in the number of black actuaries and to influence the successful career development, civic growth and achievement of black actuaries.
Organizational structure
IABA is a volunteer-run organization with one full-time staff member. The organization has a team of over 100 active volunteers. This volunteer group consists of college students, actuarial students and experienced actuaries.
History
IABA History - Firsts
October 25, 1992: Sixty-five men and women from the United States, the Caribbean and Canada attend the inaugural meeting of the National Association of Black Actuaries (NABA) in Washington, DC. An Organizing Committee, under the leadership of Garth Bernard FSA, continues to build a framework.
October 16, 1994: The second Annual Meeting of NABA takes place in Chicago, Illinois. The name is changed to the International Association of Black Actuaries (IABA). By-laws and committees are proposed. Garth Bernard FSA becomes its first elected president.
October 14, 1995: Boston, Massachusetts, hosts the Annual Meeting for the first time.
September 22, 1996: The Annual Meeting is moved to the campus of Howard University in Washington, DC, which becomes IABA's “home” for four years. Christopher Allen of Morehouse College receives the first IABA scholarship. Four committees (Communications, Membership, Mentoring, and Finance) are approved and chairs named.
September 9–10, 2000: Atlanta, Georgia, becomes the first host city in the current six-city rotation for the Annual Meeting. At this meeting, professional development is added in the form of three workshops and a rap session.
April 4, 2001: IABA is granted 501(c)(6) status.
August 2003: The first seven City Affiliates (Atlanta, Chicago, New York / New Jersey, Boston, Delaware Valley, Washington DC and Hartford) are formed.
August 18, 2004: The IABA Foundation is formed and is granted 501(c)(3) status.
December 3, 2004: The Corporate Advisory Council is formed with twelve organizations (Hewitt, Hartford, Aetna, Howard University, Towers Perrin, National African American Insurance Association (NAAIA), Mercer, DW Simpson, North Carolina Mutual Life Ins. Co., Aon, CNA and Allstate Insurance) at the offices of CNA Insurance in Chicago. It meets four times per year, with one meeting immediately preceding the Annual Meeting.
August 5, 2005: The Annual Meeting introduces an agenda with 12 professional development sessions. The two-day meeting starts on a Friday just after lunch.
February 23, 2007: IABA holds its first Legends Reception, to honor black actuaries who have been trailblazers. The first honoree is Robert J. Randall, FSA 1952.
June 2007: IABA hires its first Executive Director.
August 2012: IABA hosts the first IABA Actuarial Boot Camp.
April 2013: IABA launches a state-of-the-art job board and career portal.
August 1–2, 2014: The Annual Meeting adds Thursday-afternoon to the agenda, making the IABA Annual Meeting a full two and a half day conference.
March 17, 2015: IABA is granted 501(c)(3) status. The IABA Foundation is then merged into IABA, allowing the organization to operate as one charitable entity.
August 2015: Total scholarship funds awarded since 1996 exceeds $500,000.
August 7–8, 2015: IABA Annual Meeting attendance reaches 300 for the first time.
Past Presidents
Garth Bernard FSA October 1994 - September 1996
Linda Shepherd FCAS October 1996 - August 1998
Jeffrey Johnson FSA September 1998 - August 2000
Sharon Robinson FCAS September 2000 - August 2002
Stafford L. Thompson, Jr. FSA September 2002 - August 2006
Jeffrey Johnson FSA September 2006 - December 2009
John Robinson FSA January 2010 – December 2013
Monique Hacker-Patterson FSA January 2013 - December 2016
Tenesia McGruder FSA - January 2017–present
Programs and Initiatives
IABA's main programs and initiatives include:
Annual Meeting http://www.blackactuaries.org/page/AnnualMeeting
Boot Camp http://www.blackactuaries.org/page/BootCamp
Scholarship http://www.blackactuaries.org/page/Scholarship
Mentoring http://www.blackactuaries.org/page/Mentoring
Outreach http://www.blackactuaries.org/page/IABAPresentationsIn
References
External links
BlackActuaries.org
African-American professional organizations
Actuarial associations
Professional associations based in the United States
Non-profit organizations based in Connecticut
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverley%20Goddard
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Beverley Goddard
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Beverley Lanita Callender (née Goddard, born 28 August 1956) is an English former track and field sprinter. She competed for Great Britain at the Olympic Games in Montreal 1976, Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984, winning bronze medals in the 4 x 100 metres relay in 1980 and 1984. She is also the 1981 World Student Games 100 metres champion.
Career
Goddard was born in Barbados and raised in England. She was a member of the Reading Athletic Club. In 1976, she competed at the Montreal Olympics, reaching the quarter finals of the 200 metres. She was coached by Jim Spooner.
In 1978, she finished fourth in the 200 metres final at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, before winning gold in the 4 × 100 m relay along with Kathy Smallwood, Sharon Colyear and Sonia Lannaman. At the European Championshsips in Prague, the same quartet won a silver medal behind the Soviet Union and ahead of East Germany. In 1979, she won three medals at the World Student Games (Universiade), with bronze in the 100 and 200 metres and silver in the sprint relay. In the 100 metres, she ran her lifetime best of 11.22 seconds in the semifinal.
At the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games, she was one of three British woman who reached the 200 m final, finishing sixth in a lifetime best of 22.72 seconds. Kathy Smallwood was fifth and Sonia Lannaman eighth. The three then teamed up with 100 metres finalist Heather Hunte, to win the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay. The quartet ran a UK record of 42.43 secs, which stood until 2014. Her biggest individual success came in 1981, when she won the World Student Games title at 100 metres, defeating the Soviet sprinters Olga Zolotaryeva and Olga Nasonova. She also won a silver medal in the relay.
In 1982, now competing as Beverley Callender, she reached the 200 metres finals at both the European Championships in Athens and the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, finishing fifth (22.91 secs) and sixth (22.92 secs) respectively. In Prague, she teamed up with Wendy Hoyte, Smallwood and Shirley Thomas to win relay silver, while in Brisbane, she won relay gold with Hoyte, Smallwood and Sonia Lannaman. A year later, she won a relay silver medal at the inaugural World Championships in Helsinki, along with Joan Baptiste, Kathy Cook (Smallwood) and Shirley Thomas. She also competed in the 100 metres. At her third Olympic Games in Los Angeles 1984, she won her second Olympic bronze medal, reuniting with two of her three teammates from Moscow, Heather Oakes (Hunte) and Kathy Cook. The fourth squad member was Simmone Jacobs.
From 1978–1984, the British or English women's sprint relay squads won a medal at every Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth competition, both Callender and Kathy Cook were a member of every team. She usually ran the third leg and became a specialist in this position. 1984 would be the last time for 29 years, that the British Women's 4 × 100 m squad won a medal at Olympic or World level. This ended in 2013 when they won bronze at the World Championships.
In domestic competition, at the AAA Championships and UK Championships, she had eight second-place finishes. At the AAAs she was second three times in the 200 metres (1979, 1982 and 1984) and second in the 1980 100 metres. At the UKs, she was second three times at 100 metres (1978, 1979 and 1982) and second in the 1978 100 metres. She did win the 1982 UK title at 200 metres. She was also twice third in the AAAs 200 metres (1979, 1983) and twice third at the UK 100 metres (1979, 1983), for a total of 13 top three placements.
As of 2016, Callender's 200 metres best, ranks her 10th on the UK all-time list. In the 100 metres she ranks 19th. Now a teacher, she is still active at Reading Athletic Club and is found each week coaching athletes there.
Personal bests
100 metres – 11.22 (1979)
200 metres – 22.72 (1980)
4×100 metres – 42.43 (1980) former
National titles
UK Athletics Championships
200 metres: 1982
International competitions
References
1956 births
Living people
British female sprinters
English female sprinters
Olympic athletes of Great Britain
Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain
World Athletics Championships medalists
European Athletics Championships medalists
Barbadian emigrants to England
Black British sportswomen
Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Universiade gold medalists for Great Britain
Universiade silver medalists for Great Britain
Universiade bronze medalists for Great Britain
Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 1981 Summer Universiade
Olympic female sprinters
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coroner%20%28album%29
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Coroner (album)
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Coroner is the penultimate release by the Swiss thrash metal band Coroner. It is technically a compilation album, although it features new material as well as selected songs from the band's previous albums. It is also regarded as their final album, even though it was succeeded by a final compilation of unreleased material in 1996, titled The Unknown Unreleased Tracks 1985–95. The band chose to go into the studio for the last time, instead of releasing a greatest hits compilation, even though they had disbanded officially in 1994 (on some of the tracks, Edelmann and Broder are replaced by session musicians).
Track listing
Personnel
Coroner
Ron Broder – vocals/bass
Tommy Vetterli – guitars
Marky Edelmann – drums, vocals, producer, art direction
Additional musicians
Peter Haas – drums on tracks 2, 3 & 11
Chris Vetterli – bass on track 12
Lui Cubello – vocals (background)
Paul Degayler – vocals
Angela Giger – synthesizer
Janelle Sadler – vocals (background)
Steve Gruden – vocals (background)
Kent Smith – keyboards
Val – Conga
Other credits
Guy Bidmead – producer, engineer
Scott Burns – mixing
Coroner – producer
Vovo Faux-Pas – engineer
Paolo Fedrigoli – producer, engineer, remixing, mixing
Jan Garber – engineer
Mischa Good – design
Pete Hinton – producer
Harris Johns – producer
Dan Johnson – mixing
Glenn Miller – mastering
Tom Morris – producer, engineer, mixing
Mark Prator – assistant engineer
Steve Rispin – engineer
Fabian Scheffold – art direction, photography
Sven Sonquest – engineer
István Vizner – art direction
Karl-Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer
Gerhard Wolfle – engineer
Notes
The samples from "Shifter" are from the 1982 documentary The Killing of America.
The samples from "Gliding above while Being Below" are from the 1980 film Altered States.
Track 14, "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" is a Beatles cover.
Track 16, "Purple Haze" is a live cover of the famous Jimi Hendrix song.
Track 8, "Der Mussolini" is a D.A.F. cover.
Tracks 4, 6, 10 and 13 are edited version of their original releases
References
External links
BNR Metal Pages' section on Coroner
Fan page with detailed album information and lyrics
Coroner @ Last.fm
1995 compilation albums
Coroner (band) compilation albums
Noise Records compilation albums
Thrash metal compilation albums
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City%20Gallery%20Wellington
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City Gallery Wellington
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The City Gallery Wellington () is an art gallery in Wellington, New Zealand. The gallery was first opened in 1980 in a different building.
History
In 1993 the Gallery moved to its present location on the north-eastern side of Civic Square, into the old Wellington Public Library building, after the latter was refurbished. Built in 1940 in an Art Deco style, the gallery's current building originally housed the Wellington Public Library – replacing the original red brick City Library building of 1893. In 1991 the Library moved into a new building next door.
Since the 1993 opening at its current location, the City Gallery has hosted monographic exhibitions of major international artists such as Tracey Emin, Keith Haring, Rosalie Gascoigne, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, Robert Mapplethorpe, Tracey Moffatt, Sidney Nolan, Patricia Piccinini, Pierre et Gilles, Bridget Riley, Sam Taylor Wood, Salla Tykkä, Stanley Spencer, Wim Wenders plus New Zealand's own Laurence Aberhart, Rita Angus, Shane Cotton, Tony Fomison, Bill Hammond, Ralph Hotere, Ronnie van Hout, Melvin Day, Martin Thompson, and Boyd Webb.
References
Wellington's Old Buildings, David Kernohoran, Victoria University Press 1994, , page 184
External links
City Gallery Wellington
Wellington Museums Trust
Buildings and structures in Wellington City
Gummer and Ford buildings and structures
Tourist attractions in Wellington City
Art museums and galleries in New Zealand
1940s architecture in New Zealand
Wellington Central, Wellington
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20members%20of%20the%20National%20Assembly%20of%20Zambia%20%281996%E2%80%932001%29
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List of members of the National Assembly of Zambia (1996–2001)
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The members of the National Assembly of Zambia from 1996 until 2001 were elected on 18 November 1996. Of the 150 elected members, 131 were from the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy, five from the National Party, two from Agenda for Zambia and the Zambia Democratic Congress, together with ten independents.
List of members
Elected members
Replacements by by-elections
Non-elected members
Replacements
References
1996
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382%20Mersin%20%C4%B0dmanyurdu%20season
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1981–82 Mersin İdmanyurdu season
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Mersin İdmanyurdu (also Mersin İdman Yurdu, Mersin İY, or MİY) Sports Club; located in Mersin, east Mediterranean coast of Turkey in 1981–82. At the end of 1981–82 season Mersin İdmanyurdu has promoted to First League for the fourth time. The 1981–82 was the eighth season of Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) football team in Second League, the second level division in Turkey. They finished 1st in Group C.
Mersin İdmanyurdu Executive Committee was consisting of the following: Mehmet Fatih Deveci (president), Mahir Turan and Mustafa Nihat Sözmen (vice-presidents), Remon Kumdereli (general captain), Mircan Fırat (general secretary), Hamit Hayfavi (audit), Mehmet Biricik (captain of amateur branches), Şefik Balcı (treasurer), Aydın Özlü (club physician), Sever Yıldızçelik, Ramazan Balta, Özge Cadun, Basil Dumani, Nesimi Sağay and Erol Tarhan (members). The club's address was: "Atatürk Cad. Toros Ofis İşhanı, Kat: 3 Mersin" "Telefon: 153 17".
Candan Dumanlı became the head coach. His assistant was Kahraman Karataş. İlhami Özata was press officer.
Pre-season
Preparation games:
MİY – Hatayspor: 0–0.
MİY – Adana Demirspor: 1–1.
MİY – Ceyhanspor: 3–1.
16.08.1981 - İskenderunspor – MİY: 0–2.
1981–82 Second League participation
In its 19th season (1981–82) Second League was played with 60 teams, 15 in four groups: Group A, Group B, Group C and Group D. Group winners promoted to First League 1982–83. Bottom teams in each group relegated to promotion league (Third league was abandoned previous year). Mersin İY became 1st with 21 wins and 46 goals in Group C. No second league championship game played starting from 1980–81.
Results summary
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1981–82 Second League Group C league summary:
Sources: 1981–82 Turkish Second Football League pages.
League table
Mersin İY's league performance in Second League Group C in 1981–82 season is shown in the following table.
Note: Won, drawn and lost points are 2, 1 and 0. F belongs to MİY and A belongs to corresponding team for both home and away matches.
Results by round
Results of games MİY played in 1981–82 Second League Group C by rounds:
First half
Mid-season
Preparation games:
24.01.1982 - MİY-Sakaryaspor.
31.01.1982 - MİY-Beşiktaş: 2-0.
Second half
1981–82 Turkish Cup participation
1981–82 Turkish Cup was played for the 20th season as Federasyon Kupası by 146 teams. First elimination round was played in one-leg elimination system. Second through sixth elimination rounds and finals were played in two-legs elimination system. Mersin İdmanyurdu participated in 1981–82 Turkish Cup from round 2 and was eliminated at round 6 (1/16) by Samsunspor. Samsunspor was eliminated at quarterfinals. Galatasaray won the Cup for the 7th time and became eligible for 1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup.
Cup track
The drawings and results Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) followed in 1981–82 Turkish Cup are shown in the following table.
Note: In the above table 'Score' shows For and Against goals whether the match played at home or not.
Game details
Mersin İdmanyurdu (MİY) 1981–82 Turkish Cup game reports is shown in the following table.
Kick off times are in EET and EEST.
Source: 1981–82 Turkish Cup (Federasyon Kupası) pages.
Management
Club management
Mehmet Fatih Deveci was club president.
Coaching team
1981–82 Mersin İdmanyurdu head coaches:
Note: Only official games were included.
1981–82 squad
Stats are counted for 1981–82 Second League matches and 1981–82 Turkish Cup (Federasyon Kupası) matches. In the team rosters five substitutes were allowed to appear, two of whom were substitutable. Only the players who appeared in game rosters were included and listed in the order of appearance.
Sources: 1981–82 season squad data from maçkolik com, Milliyet, and Cem Pekin Archives.
News from Milliyet:
Transfers: Suat, Esat (Fenerbahçe (in exchange for Özcan)), Sertaç (Ankaragücü), Muammer (Ankara Demirspor), Levent (İskenderunspor), Memik (Tarsus İdmanyurdu), Metin (Sirkeci), Abdülkadir (Trabzonspor), Şükrü (İstanbulspor).
Team squad: Salih, Atıf, Tahir, Esat, Mustafa, İsmail, Abdülkadir, Muammer, Şükrü, M.Ali, B.Levent, K.Levent, Nasır, Raşit, Levent, Kemal, Ömer, Suat, Sertaç, Memik, Sılan, Haluk.
Galatasaray coach Birch did not want and Öner loaned from Galatasaray, 26.10.1981.
Özcan Balta was capped in U-18 national team in European championship organized in Hama, Finland between 21–30 May 1982. Turkey was in the same group with Scotland, Holland and Albania.
Kemal went to Galata Gençlik in Summer 1982. Reşit (Vefa Simtel)
See also
Football in Turkey
1981–82 Turkish Second Football League
1981–82 Turkish Cup
Notes and references
Mersin İdman Yurdu seasons
Turkish football clubs 1981–82 season
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double%20Barrel
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Double Barrel
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"Double Barrel" is a 1970 reggae single by Dave and Ansell Collins (though credited in both the UK and the U.S. to 'Dave and Ansil Collins').
It was the second reggae tune to top the UK charts, two years after Desmond Dekker's number 1 ska breakthrough hit "Israelites". The record reached number 1 on the UK Singles Chart for the first two weeks in May 1971, selling 300,000 copies, after only 33 radio plays. In the U.S., "Double Barrel" peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 7 August 1971 and number 4 on WLS on 28 June 1971, two years to the week after "Israelites" made a nearly identical climb to peak at the same position on the same chart. The record also reached number 1 in Mexico on October 23, 1971 and number 8 in Australia.
Background
Written and produced by Winston Riley, former vocalist of The Techniques, the single featured the vocals of Dave Barker, who had been recording in Jamaica for around five years, principally for Clement "Coxsone" Dodd and Lee Perry. This song marked the first appearance on record by Sly Dunbar, later of Sly & Robbie fame, on drums. He was just 18 at the time. A significant portion of the tune bears a strong resemblance to Ramsey Lewis' 1967 song "Party Time" (on Chess). From the very beginning of the cold intro, the lyrics are punctuated throughout by the unusual claim "I am the magnificent W-O-O-O" (and variants thereof), but the title never appears.
Charts
Cover versions
The song has been covered by later ska acts such as The Selecter and The Specials. In 1972, a sample of the song was included in the top ten hit "Convention '72" by The Delegates.
Samples
It was sampled in 2012 GOOD Music song "The One".
References
1970 debut singles
1970 songs
Number-one singles in Mexico
Reggae songs
UK Singles Chart number-one singles
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%2C%20Now%3F%20%28album%29
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What, Now? (album)
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What, Now? is the 27th studio album by singer-songwriter Peter Hammill, released on his Fie! label in June 2001. According to the booklet it was "recorded, mixed and mastered at Terra Incognita, Bath between, oh, sometime in the late XXth Century and 11:23 (GMT) March 23rd 2001." It was produced by Peter Hammill.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Peter Hammill.
"Here Come The Talkies" – 9:41
"Far - Flung (across the sky)" – 3:21
"The American Girl" – 3:06
"Wendy & The Lost Boy" – 3:26
"Lunatic in Knots" – 8:04
"Edge of the Road" – 10:03
"Fed to the Wolves" – 6:22
"Enough" – 4:53
Personnel
All instruments and voices by Peter Hammill except:
Stuart Gordon – violin & viola (1, 3, 5, 7)
David Jackson – saxophones, flute & whistles (3, 6)
Manny Elias – drums (1, 5, 6, 7)
Technical
Peter Hammill - recording engineer, mixing (Terra Incognita, Bath)
Paul Ridout - design, photography
Notes
Peter Hammill albums
2001 albums
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C4H9NO2S
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C4H9NO2S
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{{DISPLAYTITLE:C4H9NO2S}}
The molecular formula C4H9NO2S may refer to:
Homocysteine, a non-proteinogenic α-amino acid
S-Methylcysteine, amino acid with the nominal formula CH3SCH2CH(NH2)CO2H; the S-methylated derivative of cysteine
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susi%20Riermeier
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Susi Riermeier
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Susi Riermeier (born 23 December 1960) is a German former cross-country skier and long-distance runner. She competed in two events at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games
World Championships
Distance running
Riermeier competed at the 1983 IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships, finishing 61st, before going on to represent West Germany at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships twice in 1985 and 1986. She competed at the marathon distance and won the West German Athletics Championships in that event in 1984.
References
External links
1960 births
Living people
Skiers from Munich
German female cross-country skiers
German female cross country runners
German female long-distance runners
German female marathon runners
Olympic cross-country skiers of West Germany
Cross-country skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
West German Athletics Championships winners
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang%20Xiaowen%20%28scientist%29
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Zhang Xiaowen (scientist)
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Zhang Xiaowen (Simplified Chinese: 张孝文; Traditional Chinese: 張孝文), born 1935, is a Chinese material scientist and politician. Zhang is the former President of Tsinghua University.
Biography
Zhang was born in 1935 in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. Zhang graduated (B.S.) from the Department of Mechanical Manufacture of Tsinghua University in 1957.
From 1980 to 1985, Zhang was an associate professor at Tsinghua. From 1983 to 1984, Zhang was a visiting scholar in the United States at Lehigh University then at the University of California, Berkeley. Zhang was promoted to professor at Tsinghua in 1985. Zhang was former head of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University. Zhang was Vice-dean of Tsinghua's College of Science, then the Vice-president of Tsinghua University. Zhang was the President of Tsinghua from October 1988 to January 1994.
Zhang was also a former Vice-minister of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China.
In 1995, Zhang received an honorary doctorate from the Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan.
Zhang was an expert on ceramic materials and chemical engineering. During his presidential office at Tsinghua, Zhang made significant contributions to the development of the university, and the university started readopting into a comprehensive university status instead of a technical institute.
References
External links
Tsinghua University Department of Material Science & Engineering: Professor Xiao-wen Zhang (English)
Tsinghua University Presidents: Zhang Xiaowen (English)
China Vitae: Biography of Zhang Xiaowen (English)
Tsinghua University: Biography of Zhang Xiaowen (Simplifed Chinese)
1935 births
Living people
Chinese materials scientists
Educators from Ningbo
People's Republic of China politicians from Zhejiang
Politicians from Ningbo
Presidents of Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University alumni
Tsinghua University faculty
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last%20Night%20Stars
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Last Night Stars
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Last night stars () is a popular 1984 TV series produced by China Television starring Jeannie Chang Yung-Yung (張詠詠).
Xin Zuóyè Xīngchén (新昨夜星辰) (2007) starring Tao Yin (殷桃) is a Mainland China TV series rewriting the TV series.
Plot
The actress lives with her mother. Her mother is ill. To get money to help her mother, she helps a business man to do bad things to another company. She then finds its boss is her brother. By doing this she loses her lover who is the friend of the boss to her sister.
References
Taiwanese television series
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy%20Rustad
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Tommy Rustad
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Tommy Rustad (born 3 September 1968, in Oslo) is a Norwegian auto racing driver. He currently drives in the FIA European Rallycross Championship and occasionally in the FIA World Rallycross Championship. Tommy is the son of former well known Norwegian racer Ola Rustad.
Racing career
Early Rallycross Years
Rustad started his motor sport career in karting before racing in the Norwegian Rallycross Championship, winning the so-called Supernasjonal title for six years in a row between 1987 and 1992. On 14 June 1992 he claimed overall victory in the Irish round of the European Rallycross Championship at Mondello Park, racing one of the two 650bhp strong Ford RS200 Group B cars of his compatriot and mentor Martin Schanche.
Single Seaters
In 1993 he switched to circuit racing, becoming the Swedish Formula Opel Champion in his first year. He drove in the Formula Opel Euroseries in 1994, finishing fifth in points, and finished sixth in the 1995 Eurocup Formula Renault. In 1996 he was in the Italian Formula Three Championship finishing ninth, and the Renault Spider Eurocup, finishing second in his first year, and was champion in 1997.
BTCC
In 1998 Rustad got a drive in the British Touring Car Championship. He drove a Renault Laguna for the DC Cook Motorsport team in the Michelin Independents Cup, despite getting some backing from the Renault works team. With five class wins throughout the seasons, he was crowned independent champion. A sixteenth place overall finish saw him one place ahead of works Peugeot driver Tim Harvey.
STCC
Since his drive in the BTCC, he has spent most of his career driving in the Swedish Touring Car Championship. He was champion in both the STCC and the Norwegian Touring Car Championship in 2000, driving a works Nissan Primera. After this he spent a couple of seasons racing in the European Touring Car Championship, before returning to Sweden in 2003 in an Opel Astra. After another rallycross year he returned to the STCC Opel Team in 2007. 2008 had him drive a works Volvo C30 powered by bio-ethanol for Polestar Racing. He went on to win the championship for the second time in 2009 for Polestar.
WTCC
Rustad became the first Norwegian to drive in the World Touring Car Championship when his Polestar Racing team entered rounds 15 and 16 of the 2009 season at Brands Hatch. Rustad retired from both races.
Rallycross
In 2006 Rustad went back to rallycross for one year, forming a team with his compatriot Sverre Isachsen for to compete in the FIA European Championships for Rallycross Drivers where he eventually finished third overall with a Ford Focus T16 4x4.
After his retirement from tarmac racing, Rustad took the decision to return full-time to rallycross in 2013, driving a Volvo S40 Mk1 in all the rounds of the Norwegian Rallycross Championship for SuperNational cars with an engine capacity of over 2000cc. He was also seen in the two Scandinavian rounds (Norway and Sweden) of the 2013 European Rallycross Championship, driving a rented Volvo C30 SuperCar. In 2014 he participated in six of the twelve rounds of the inaugural FIA World Rallycross Championship, again racing a Volvo C30 SuperCar, but with little success. However, while finishing 27th of the final WorldRX standings only his sixth place overall in the EuroRX series was a much better result. For 2015 he was entrusted by his sponsor with a competitive VW Polo Mk5 SuperCar of the Volkswagen Team Marklund Motorsport, which he used successfully to claim his first European Rallycross title. Of the five rounds counting towards the EuroRX series Rustad won three, beating his strongest competitor Jérôme Grosset-Janin from France to second place.
Racing record
Complete British Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded)
Complete European Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
† — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
Complete World Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
† – Not eligible for points, as a guest driver.
Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results
(key)
Supercar
* Season still in progress.
Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results
(key)
Division 2*
* ''Division 2 was rebranded as Division 1 in 1997.
Division 1
Supercar
External links
BTCC Pages Profile.
1968 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Oslo
Norwegian racing drivers
British Touring Car Championship drivers
Swedish Touring Car Championship drivers
World Touring Car Championship drivers
EFDA Nations Cup drivers
European Touring Car Championship drivers
European Rallycross Championship drivers
World Rallycross Championship drivers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C3H9NO3S
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C3H9NO3S
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{{DISPLAYTITLE:C3H9NO3S}}
The molecular formula C3H9NO3S (molar mass: 139.173 g/mol, exact mass: 139.0303 u) may refer to:
Homotaurine
N-Methyltaurine
Molecular formulas
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euzaphlegidae
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Euzaphlegidae
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Euzaphlegidae is a family of extinct escolar-like fish closely related to the snake mackerels. Fossils of euzaphlegids are found from Paleocene to Late Miocene-aged marine strata of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains, India, Iran, Turkmenistan, Italy, and Southern California.
Description and taxonomy
In life, the Euzaphlegidae would have borne a superficial resemblance to mackerels or wahoo, leading some researchers to place them within the Scombridae or Cybiidae, respectively. However, X-ray analysis of the bone structure strongly suggests a relationship with the snake-mackerels, with some experts placing them within the Gempylidae.
Ecology and anatomy
The sharp teeth and mackerel-like forms strongly suggest that the euzaphlegids were predators, verified by the remains of numerous extinct deep sea smelt, Bathylagus, and herring, Xyne grex, found within the stomachs of several specimens of Thyrsocles and Euzaphleges. Researcher Lore Rose David proposed that, because the Euzaphlegidae were comparatively less adapted to a pelagic lifestyle like the gempylids, but had slender skeletons suggesting of a deep-water lifestyle, the Euzaphlegidae lived in deep, offshore communities near the ocean floor, where they preyed on other fish. David also suggested that the Euzaphlegidae presence in Miocene California excluded the gempylids from establishing themselves there at the time, while the presence of scombrids in shallower water ecosystems prevented the Euzaphlegidae from establishing themselves in shallow water.
Taxonomy
Originally, the family Euzaphlegidae (synonym=Zaphlegidae) originally described containing only the three to four genera from Late Miocene Southern California strata. Later, the genus Palimphyes, whose 10 species are found in Paleogene Tethys and Paratethys strata from the Swiss Alps, the Carpathians, Caucasus, Iran, India and Turkmenistan, was placed within Euzaphlegidae as the subfamily Dipterichthyinae (named after a junior synonym, Dipterichthys). Recently, a new genus, Veronaphleges, was found and described from Monte Bolca, representing one of the very few mesopelagic fish known from that lagerstätte. Veronaphleges apparently is a basal form that can not be grouped in either subfamily.
Extinction
The family originates in the Paratethys during the Paleocene, and becomes widespread throughout the Tethys and Paratethys Oceans, until the Late Oligocene, when the genus Palimphyes disappears from the fossil record. Euzaphlegids would survive in deep water habitats of what is now Southern California, where they became mesopelagic predators ecologically similar to their relatives, the snake mackerels and escolars.
During the time of the Late Miocene, Southern California had a very warm, tropical climate. The transition from Late Miocene to Early Pliocene saw the climate cool, and this cooling event drove the surviving Euzaphlegidae and several other (locally) endemic fish species, such as the manefish Chalcidichthys and the spinyfin Absalomichthys, into extinction. This cooling event, coupled with the survival of the scombrids in southern Californian marine ecosystems, also helped prevent gempylids from replacing the Euzaphlegidae during the Pliocene or Pleistocene.
See also
List of prehistoric bony fish
References
Prehistoric ray-finned fish families
Paleocene fish
Eocene fish
Oligocene fish
Miocene fish
Miocene extinctions
Paleocene first appearances
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine%20Schaffner
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Christine Schaffner
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Christine Schaffner (born 3 February 1979) is a Swiss mountain bike orienteer and world champion. She has participated in all seven World MTB Orienteering Championships from 2004 to 2010, and won gold medals in the long distance four times, in 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Mountain bike orienteering career
Schaffner competed at the 2004 World MTB Orienteering Championships Ballarat, where she placed 16th in the middle distance and 11th in the long distance. At the 2005 World MTB Orienteering Championships in Banska Bystrica she won a silver medal in the middle distance behind Michaela Gigon, and placed 16th in the long course. She participated on the Swiss relay team, which placed 8th. At the 2006 World MTB Orienteering Championships in Joensuu, she won her first gold medal in the long course, ahead of Ksenia Chernykh and Ingrid Stengård, and placed 10th in the middle distance. At the 2007 World Championships in Nove Mesto na Morave she won a bronze medal in the long distance, placed fourth in the middle and fifth in sprint, while the Swiss relay team placed fifth. At the 2008 World MTB Orienteering Championships in Ostróda she won her second gold medal in the long distance, ahead of Marika Hara from Finland. She placed ninth in the sprint. In Ben Shemen in 2009 she again won a world championship gold medal in the long distance, ahead of Sonja Zinkl from Austria. She also won a bronze in the middle, placed 6th in the sprint, and won a silver medal in the relay with the Swiss team. Schaffner won her fourth gold medal in the long distance at the 2010 World Championships in Montalegre. She also won a silver medal in the sprint, placed fifth in the middle, and sixth in the relay.
She has won the long course at the Swiss mountain bike orienteering championships seven years in a row from 2003.
She lives in the municipality Köniz, and works as a goldsmith and teacher.
References
Swiss orienteers
Female orienteers
Swiss female cyclists
Mountain bike orienteers
1979 births
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.D.U.%20Cuenca
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L.D.U. Cuenca
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Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Cuenca is a football club based in Cuenca, Ecuador currently in the Second Category Ecuadorian football Championship.
Honors
Championship Champion Provincial Azuay (4): 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010
Serie B (1): 1977 -E1
Runner up of the Series B of Ecuador (1): 1980 -E1
Runner up Second Category (2): 1986, 1988
Football clubs in Ecuador
Association football clubs established in 1972
Cuenca, Ecuador
1972 establishments in Ecuador
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something%20Kinda%20Ooooh
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Something Kinda Ooooh
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"Something Kinda Ooooh" is a song by British all-female pop group Girls Aloud, taken from their first greatest hits collection The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits (2006). The song was written by Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins and his production team Xenomania, and produced by Higgins and Xenomania. Inspired by 1980s pop and George Michael, "Something Kinda Ooooh" was released as a single in October 2006. It returned Girls Aloud to the top three of the UK Singles Chart for the first time in two years. It also made Girls Aloud the first British act to debut in the top five on the chart based on legal download sales alone.
The music video shows Girls Aloud driving sports cars. The group admitted that the video was not their best, due to time restraints. "Something Kinda Ooooh" was promoted through numerous live appearances and has since been performed on each one of Girls Aloud's subsequent concert tours. Described as "a welcome return to a tune which gets you moving", the song received praise from contemporary music critics.
The song has been covered by South African girl band for their 2007 album So Elektries, reworked in Afrikaans as ''Ietsie Binne My''.
Background and composition
"Something Kinda Ooooh" is an uptempo alternative dance song, written and recorded to launch Girls Aloud's greatest hits compilation The Sound of Girls Aloud. Upon Xenomania's first attempt at creating a single, they came up with "Dog Without a Bone", which would later become the b-side to "Sexy! No No No...". On the second attempt, they aimed to make a song influenced by the 1980s and George Michael's "Too Funky", with "Something Kinda Ooooh" being created. The song went back and forth between Xenomania and their band several times before being finalised. A restructure of the song placed Cheryl Cole's "I've got to heat it up" verse in the introduction as well as the middle 8, while the third attempt of creating a single turned "Something Kinda Ooooh" into a full-on dance track.
Release
On 4 October 2006, "Something Kinda Ooooh" became the first Girls Aloud single since "Sound of the Underground" to go onto Radio 1's A List, guaranteeing the song at least 20 plays a week.
The single was released as a digital download on 16 October 2006, and on physical formats a week later on 23 October 2006. It was available on two CD single formats. The first disc included "The Crazy Life", co-written by Girls Aloud and sung solely by Kimberley Walsh. The second CD format included "Models" from the Chemistry album, following its use as the theme to the television series Girls Aloud: Off the Record. The version featured has a slightly edited intro and censors the word "shit" in the second verse. The second disc also includes the Tony Lamezma Remix of "Something Kinda Ooooh" and a greatest hits megamix by Jewels & Stone. A number of remixes were made available digitally. The Tube City Remix of the song appears on 2007's Mixed Up. A live recording of "Something Kinda Ooooh" appears on 2007's "Sexy! No No No..." and on 2008's Girls A Live.
The song was featured on the soundtrack to the film Run, Fat Boy, Run, while the UCA used the song heavily in their 2009 cheer camp series. It was the music for the "Extreme Routine", the most difficult challenge the cheerleaders face at camp. The song was also performed in a televised audition for the 9th season of American Idol. "Something Kinda Ooooh" was played during the obsequies of German goalkeeper Robert Enke. It was also the theme song for professional wrestler Jetta, and has also occasionally been used by her tag team partner Rain. "Something Kinda Ooooh" can be heard in the third episode of series one of BBC's Miranda.
The song is also heard in the second episode of series two of E4's The Inbetweeners.
Reception
Critical response
"Something Kinda Ooooh" was referred to as "another head-spinningly innovative number from the Xenomania team" that served as "more proof that they [Girls Aloud] are this country's finest pop act." CBBC Newsround called the song "a welcome return to a tune which gets you moving" (following two ballads, "See the Day" and "Whole Lotta History"). The review continued that "the girls are still at the top of their game."
Peter Robinson of music website Popjustice described the song as "a breakneck romp through three albums' worth of game-changing, era-defining, genre-redefining pop music." "Something Kinda Ooooh" was nominated for the Popjustice £20 Music Prize in 2007, an annual prize awarded by a panel of judges organised by Popjustice to the singer(s) of the best British pop single of the past year. Girls Aloud had previously won the award for "No Good Advice", "Wake Me Up", and "Biology", but only came fourth with "Something Kinda Ooooh".
Chart performance
Following the single's release as a digital download, "Something Kinda Ooooh" entered the official UK Singles Chart at number five. They became the first British act to chart in the top five on legal download sales. The following week, "Something Kinda Ooooh" reached its peak of number three. The single stayed at number three for a second week, while Girls Aloud's greatest hits collection topped the albums chart. It fell to number seven the next week. After falling to number twelve in its fifth week, "Something Kinda Ooooh" rose three places to reenter the top ten at number nine. Overall, the single spent fifteen weeks in the UK's top 75. It was the 36th biggest selling single in the UK in the whole of 2006. "Something Kinda Ooooh" also peaked at number three on the UK Download Chart.
The song charted at number seven on the Irish Singles Chart and number eleven on the Billboard European Hot 100 Singles chart.
Music video
The music video for "Something Kinda Ooooh" was directed by Stuart Gosling. It was filmed on 12 September 2006 and premiered on UK music TV station The Box on 21 September 2006. However, The Box had actually shown an early edit of the video, and the finished version was shown on Channel 4's Popworld on 30 September 2006. It features the girls "driving" sports cars in front of a green screen showing the streets of London. Cheryl Cole has a car to herself, Nadine Coyle shares with Kimberley Walsh, and Nicola Roberts shares with Sarah Harding. The featured sports cars of the video are a red TVR Tuscan 2 convertible, and a blue TVR Tamora. The group also perform a dance routine in front of flashing strobelights.
In an interview with MTV Hits, Cole admitted that "Something Kinda Ooooh" was not their best video. She, along with the rest of the girls, blamed lack of time for the video's outcome and revealed that the video was not what she or the girls had wanted it to be.
The video can be found on the enhanced section of the "Something Kinda Ooooh" CD single, as well as Girls Aloud's 2007 DVD release Style.
Live performances
"Something Kinda Ooooh" was notably Girls Aloud's first single release following the cancellation of music-oriented television programmes like CD:UK, Top of the Pops, and Top of the Pops Reloaded. The group performed "Something Kinda Ooooh" live for the first time on Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway. The song was also performed on T4's Popworld, The Album Chart Show, the Children in Need 2006 telethon, and Top of the Pop'''s Christmas special, as well as at the Harrods Christmas parade. They performed the song at a number of live events and open-air concerts, such as G-A-Y, Sketch, T4 on the Beach (2007), and V Festival (2008). Girls Aloud performed a downtempo version with an acoustic arrangement at an intimate gig for Birmingham's leading radio station, 96.4 BRMB. A recording of the performance was later made available on Girls A Live, a limited edition live album released through Woolworths. They performed the song in black tutus for ITV1's The Girls Aloud Party (2008). In 2012, it was performed at Capital FM's Jingle Bell Ball to promote Girls Aloud's second greatest hits album Ten.
The song has been performed at all of Girls Aloud's concert tours since its release. It served as the opening number of 2007's The Greatest Hits Tour. Girls Aloud descended onto the stage on a large platform. For 2008's Tangled Up Tour, the song served as the encore. Girls Aloud were "untangled" and then performed the song in neon swimwear and legwarmers, while confetti fell. The song was also included on 2009's Out of Control Tour and featured as a part of Girls Aloud's set opening for Coldplay at Wembley Stadium.
Formats and track listings
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Something Kinda Ooooh".
UK CD1 (Fascination / 1709880)
"Something Kinda Ooooh" – 3:23
"The Crazy Life" (Girls Aloud, Higgins, Coler) – 3:19
UK CD2 (Fascination / 1709889)
"Something Kinda Ooooh" – 3:23
"Something Kinda Ooooh" (Tony Lamezma Remix) – 5:42
"Models" (Theme from Off the Record) (Cooper, Higgins, Powell, Coler, Lisa Cowling, Myra Boyle) – 3:27
"The Sound of Girls Aloud Megamix" – 6:24
"Something Kinda Ooooh" (video) – 3:13
"Something Kinda Ooooh" (karaoke video) – 3:13The Singles Boxset (CD13)
"Something Kinda Ooooh" – 3:23
"The Crazy Life" – 3:19
"Something Kinda Ooooh" (Tony Lamezma Remix) – 3:23
"Models" (Theme from Off the Record) – 3:27
"The Sound of Girls Aloud'' Megamix" – 6:24
"Something Kinda Ooooh" (Co-Stars Remix) – 5:43
"Something Kinda Ooooh" (Tube City Remix) – 5:29
"Something Kinda Ooooh" (Free ZR Remix) – 6:02
"Something Kinda Ooooh" (Flip & Fill Remix) – 5:52
"Something Kinda Ooooh" (video) – 3:13
"Something Kinda Ooooh" (karaoke video) – 3:13
Credits and personnel
Guitar: Nick Coler
Keyboards: Brian Higgins, Tim Powell, Nick Coler
Mastering: Dick Beetham for 360 Mastering
Mixing: Brian Higgins, Tim Powell
Production: Brian Higgins, Xenomania
Programming: Brian Higgins, Tim Powell, Eliza Dodd-Noble
Songwriting: Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins, Tim Powell, Nick Coler, Giselle Sommerville, Jody Leigh
Vocals: Girls Aloud
Published by Warner/Chappell Music and Xenomania Music
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end chart
Certifications
References
External links
Girls Aloud's official website
2006 singles
2006 songs
Fascination Records singles
Girls Aloud songs
Music videos directed by Stuart Gosling
Song recordings produced by Xenomania
Songs written by Brian Higgins (producer)
Songs written by Miranda Cooper
Songs written by Giselle Sommerville
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Gilbert Durand
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Gilbert Durand (1 May 1921, Chambéry – 7 December 2012, Moye) was a French academic known for his work on the imaginary, symbolic anthropology and mythology.
According to Durand, Imagination and Reason can be complementary. He defended the status of the image, traditionally devalued in Western thought, particularly in French philosophy. He advocated a multidisciplinary approach.
He distinguished between two regimes : Diurnal and Nocturnal, to classify symbols and archetypes.
Biography
During World War Two he joined the French Resistance in the Vercors.
He began his career by teaching philosophy in the secondary school system from 1947 to 1956 (philosophy is taught in France at high school level), and then became a university professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Grenoble II.
Gilbert Durand was the co-founder with Léon Cellier and Paul Deschamps in 1966, and the director, of the Centre de recherche sur l'imaginaire and a member of Eranos. In 1988 he founded the humanities and social sciences review Les Cahiers de L'imaginaire.
He was a follower of Gaston Bachelard, Henry Corbin and Carl Gustav Jung and the teacher of Michel Maffesoli. Gilbert Durand gained a worldwide notoriety and his Center is currently the small group of an international network of over sixty laboratories. In his most famous work, Les Structures anthropologiques de l'imaginaire (1960), he formulated the influential concept of the anthropological trajectory (sometimes translated anthropological dialectic or anthropological course), according to which there is a bijective influence between physiology and society.
In 1984, Gilbert Durand supervised the thesis by Michel Gaucher on L'Intuition astrologique dans l'imaginaire (Université Grenoble II).
In 1991 a special colloquium organized by Michel Maffesoli was held in his honour at the prestigious Centre culturel international de Cerisy-la-Salle.
On 14 March 2007, in Chambéry, Durand was raised to the title of Commander of the Légion d'honneur, which was bestowed on him by a personality of his choice, in this case Raymond Aubrac on behalf of the President (as is customary).
Durand died on 7 December 2012.
Bibliography
Les Structures anthropologiques de l'imaginaire, Paris, Dunod (first edition, Paris, P.U.F., 1960).
Le Décor mythique de la Chartreuse de Parme, Paris, José Corti (1961)
L'Imagination symbolique, Paris, PUF (first édition in 1964).
Sciences de l’homme et tradition. Le nouvel esprit anthropologique, Paris, Albin Michel (first ed. Tête de feuille-Sirac, Paris, 1975).
Figures mythiques et visages de l’œuvre. De la mythocritique à la mythanalyse, Paris, Berg International, 1979.
L'Âme tigrée, Paris, Denoël, 1980.
La Foi du cordonnier, Paris, Denoël, 1984.
Beaux-arts et archétypes. La religion de l'art, Paris, P.U.F., 1989.
L’Imaginaire. Essai sur les sciences et la philosophie de l'image, Paris, Hatier, 1994.
Introduction à la mythodologie. Mythes et sociétés, Paris, Albin Michel, 1996.
Champs de l’imaginaire. Textes réunis par Danièle Chauvin, Grenoble, Ellug, 1996.
Les Mythes fondateurs de la franc-maçonnerie, Paris, Dervy, 2002.
With Simone Vierne, Le Mythe et le Mythique, Paris, Albin Michel, 1987.
With Sun Chaoying, Mythes, thèmes et variations, Paris, Desclée de Brouwer, 2000.
Imagens e Reflexos do Imaginário Português, Lisbon, Hugin Editores, 2000. New Ed. with the addition of his correspondence with Lima de Freitas, under the title: Portugal - Tesouro Oculto da Europa, Lisbon, Ésquilo, 2008.
References
Further reading
Dominique Raynaud, Architectures comparées: essai sur la dynamique des formes, 1998, pp. 11–2.
Maffesoli Michel (ed.), La Galaxie de l’imaginaire. Dérive autour de l’œuvre de Gilbert Durand, Paris, Berg international, 1980.
Pachter Michèle, Gilbert Durand, Sociétés, vol. 1, no 4, juin 1985.
Durand Jean-Pierre & Robert Weil, Sociologie contemporaine, Paris, Vigot, 1993, pp. 212–215.
Godinho Helder, « Gilbert Durand » in Thomas Joël (ed.), Introduction aux méthodologies de l'imaginaire, Paris, Ellipses, 1998, pp. 140–149.
Cabin Philippe, Une cartographie de l’imaginaire : Entretien avec Gilbert Durand, Sciences humaines, janvier 1999.
Patrice Van Eersel, Le retour des dieux. Entretien avec Gilbert Durand, Nouvelles Clés, 30, été 2001, p. 54-59.
Bertin Georges, Pour l'Imaginaire, principes et méthodes, Esprit critique, vol. 4 n°2, Février 2002
Xiberras Martine, Pratique de l'imaginaire. Lecture de Gilbert Durand, Laval, Presses de l'Université Laval, 2002.
External links
Extracts from Durand's foreword to The Anthropological Structures of the Imaginary
Eranos
Interview of Gilbert Durand, on Nouvelles Clés
Esprit Critique, Vol. 4 No.2 - February 2002, article by Georges Bertin
Gilbert Durand at Yad Vashem website
People from Chambéry
1921 births
Grenoble Alpes University faculty
French sociologists
20th-century French philosophers
2012 deaths
French male non-fiction writers
Winners of the Prix Broquette-Gonin (literature)
French Resistance members
Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur
French Righteous Among the Nations
Officers of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France)
Recipients of the Resistance Medal
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Adel Darwish
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Adel Alexander Darwish (, ) is a Westminster-based British political journalist, a veteran Fleet Street reporter, author, historian, broadcaster, and political commentator. Darwish is currently (since 2002) a parliament lobby correspondent based at the Press Gallery of the House of Commons, the Palace of Westminster, specialising in foreign affairs, especially Middle Eastern politics; London University Graduate/Post Graduate 1965/1966–1967.
Darwish is a veteran Fleet Street foreign correspondent and has worked for The Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, The Daily Express, The News of The World, The Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday, The YorkShire Post, The Washington Post and The Times, and many international newspapers and publications in North America, Asia and the Middle East, as well as maintaining his online blog and publishing several books. He is currently the political editor of World Media, Middle East News and The Middle East Magazine, and a regular contributor to The Tribune.
Name
Darwish also writes under the pen names Alex Darwin, Alexander T. Darwin and A. Adel A.
Although there are several Arabs sharing both his first and last names, Darwish is of Albanian ancestry and is not an Arab.
Early life
Darwish was born in Alexandria, during the Second World War 1943 or 1945, to a family from the Balkans and central Europe.
His parents were Albanian Macedonian but are also believed to have held British citizenship and were in Britain. His father, was postmaster in Alexandria when the local postal service was run by the British.
After attending British schools in Alexandria, Darwish moved to Britain After the Suez War (between 1956 – 1959) where he studied for A levels then to London University. He graduated in 1966, having also spent four semesters in the academic year 1963-1964 at Alexandria University as part of his study of Middle Eastern history.
After university, Darwish began his journalistic career in Africa, as a correspondent for several British Fleet Street newspapers, before moving to the Middle East to cover events there. Darwish reported on the Dawson's Field hijackings of several aircraft by the Palestinian radical group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), in 1970, and the ensuing Black September clashes in Jordan.
Darwish was also sent to Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Sudan and Iraq between 1970 and 1972. While in Iraq, he met Saddam Hussein, at that time still relatively unknown in the West and just beginning his political career as shadow deputy leader of the local Baath Party and vice-chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council. There is an amusing well known story in Fleet Street about the occasion when Darwish, along with another Middle East correspondent, John Bulloch, met Saddam Hussein, who invited "her majesty's press corps" to a glass of the Iraqi national drink, which turned out to be a bottle of Black Label Whisky. That evening, Mr Deputy, as Saddam Hussein was known then, out-drank the entire Fleet Street mission to Baghdad. In 1973, Darwish became a Middle East-based correspondent, and went on to cover that year's Yom Kippur War, in which Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and Syria attacked Israel to recapture land lost in the 1967 Six-Day War.
Journalistic career
Adel Darwish is currently the Political Editor of the Middle East Group, based at the Parliamentary Press Gallery at the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in Westminster.
A prolific writer, Darwish covered the Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988), the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990), the Egypt–Israel peace treaty (1980), the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Al Sadat (1981) and his state funeral, and the Gulf War (1991).
Darwish was the first journalist in the world to expose Saddam Hussein's missile programme after an explosion in al-Hella, a facility south of Baghdad, killed over 800 people in August 1987. Darwish, together with Pierre Salinger, also had a scoop when he obtained the transcripts of the meetings between United States' Ambassador April Glaspie and Saddam Hussein a week before the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait, in which Hussein made clear his aggressive intentions without any objections from Glaspie. Darwish's story was printed in The Independent in August 1990 with an agreement from Salinger that ABC News would air the story a few hours later. The day before, Darwish had published a story on the meeting between the American chargé d'affaires, Joseph C. Wilson, and Saddam Hussein on 6 August 1990, when the Iraqi President offered to give America oil below market price if he were to annex Kuwait.
Strengthening Darwish's position as a leading regional investigative reporter during his time at The Independent (1986–1998), Darwish published numerous exclusive stories, including his exposé on Libyan leader Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi's chemical weapons factory at Rabta; the attempt on al-Gaddafi's life during a visit by the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad; and the Libyan leader's efforts to buy a nuclear-powered submarine from a Russian captain. Darwish also revealed secret talks between Syria and Israel; the 1988 secret missile deal between Saudi Arabia and China; and the role of the United States Navy and Air Force in supporting Saddam Hussein during the Iran–Iraq War and Hussein's long-standing relationship with the United States' Central Intelligence Agency. He was among the first writers to use the term "Islamists" to refer to Islamic extremists employing violence.
Personally acquainted with most Middle Eastern leaders and statesmen, Darwish also had close ties to British Arabists and Foreign Office officials active in the region, known as the Camel Corps. The many obituaries he has written for The Independent, numbering more than 200, give a unique insight into a century of Middle Eastern history and the interaction of the British Empire and the Arab world.
Darwish worked as a fleet street correspondent and stringer in Jerusalem, Cairo, Tehran, Beirut, Bahrain, and as a roving correspondent in Africa and the Middle East.
For a period of approximately nine months and until December 2008, Darwish was director of the UK-based research organization Just Journalism. He resigned citing disagreements with the organisation's chairwoman and founder, on the issue of neutrality.
As well as The Independent and The Daily Telegraph, Darwish has worked for The Times and his articles have been printed in The Daily Mail, The Daily Express, The Scotsman, The Washington Post and The Economist magazine. He frequently appears as a commentator on the BBC, Sky News and ITN, as well as major American and Canadian networks and Arabic-language television stations, including Nile TV and Kuwait TV.
Theatre
As a playwright, Darwish has been involved in British theatre, with some of his plays performed at the Edinburgh Festival and at the Young Vic and several Fringe theatres in London during the 1970s. Most of his plays are adaptations of poems and short stories from Africa, especially from Egypt.
Awards
In 2008, Adel Darwish won the Cutting Edge Prize ("for an outstanding new ideas and contribution to peace and understanding via Journalism") from the Next Century Foundation's International Council for Press and Broadcasting media council awards, for his contribution to better understanding both in and towards the Middle East. At the International Media Awards in 2017 he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for the positive impact his work has had on coverage of the Middle East.
Publications
Darwish, Adel: Alexandria Adieu: A Personal History, (London : Nomad Publishing; London, 2022).
Alexander, Gregory and Darwish, Adel: Unholy Babylon: The Secret History of Saddam's War, (London: Gollancz; New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991). .
Bulloch, John and Darwish, Adel: Water Wars: Coming Conflicts in the Middle East, (London: Gollancz, 1993). .
Darwin, Alex (pen name): The Edge of War, Kuwait's Underground Resistance, Khafji 1990-1991 (London: Gulf Museum Consultancy Company, 2011).
Darwish, Adel: Halabja: whom does the truth hurt? at openDemocracy.
Darwish, Adel:Showdown interview with CNN :
Darwish, Adel: Anti-Americanism in the Arabic Language Media in Middle East Review of International Affairs, 7, 4 (December 2003).
Darwish, Adel; On reaction to 9/11 in the Middle East:
Water Wars. A lecture given by Darwish to the Geneva Conference on Environment and Quality of Life. (June 1994).
Darwish, Adel: Middle East Water Wars, BBC. Updated 30 May 2003. Retrieved 6 December 2008.
Darwish, Adel; In the anniversary of Iraq's murder of Observer reporter Farzad Bazoft:
References
Living people
British male journalists
Egyptian journalists
Egyptian people of Albanian descent
English people of Egyptian descent
Alumni of the University of London
Alexandria University alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
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The 57th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, also known as "The Black Knights of Keflavik", is an inactive United States Air Force unit. The 57 FIS was last stationed at Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland. It was inactivated on 1 March 1995.
History
World War II
The squadron was activated at Hamilton Field, California as the 57th Pursuit Squadron on 15 January 1941, as one of the three original squadrons of the 54th Pursuit Group. It trained with Curtiss P-36 Hawks and Curtiss P-40 Warhawks, then moved to Everett Army Air Field, where it served as a part of the air defense force for the Pacific coast during the first few months of World War II. It was formed with a cadre from the 35th Pursuit Group. The squadron was redesignated as a fighter unit in May 1942.
On 20 June 1942, the air echelon of the 54th PG (now FG) took its P-40s and newly assigned Bell P-39 Airacobras to Elmendorf Field, Alaska, where it served in combat against the Japanese forces that invaded the Aleutian Islands during the summer of 1942. The unit did not in itself take any part in the action against the Japanese in the Aleutians, but a detachment of eleven of the pilots saw service with the 42d which was based at Kodiak NAS, Adak and between them got three confirmed victories and two probables. On 4 August 1942, the 57th was moved to Kodiak NAS, Adak and there replaced the 42d. All its pilots were rotated to Adak to gain combat experience. Squadron pilots were credited with the destruction of three enemy aircraft while deployed to Alaska.
The air echelon returned to the United States in December 1942 and rejoined the group, which had been assigned to Third Air Force in Louisiana, and became a replacement training unit (RTU) for North American P-51 Mustang pilots. RTUs were oversized units training individual pilots or aircrews. The unit's P-39s were to be flown to Duncan Field, Texas for depot-level overhaul. It was reequipped with the North American P-51A Mustang, thereby becoming the first P-51 unit in the AAF.
In early May 1943, the 54th Fighter Group began a split operation, with headquarters and the 56th and 57th Fighter Squadrons relocating to Bartow Army Air Field, Florida, while the group's other squadron was at Hillsborough Army Air Field. However, the Army Air Forces (AAF) was finding that standard military units, based on relatively inflexible tables of organization, were proving less well adapted to the training mission. Accordingly, a more functional system was adopted in which each base was organized into a separate numbered unit. As a result, in 1944 the squadron was disbanded as the AAF converted to the AAF Base Unit system. The units at Bartow were replaced by the 340th AAF Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit, Fighter),
Reserve Operations
The unit was reactivated under Air Defense Command (ADC) on 24 March 1947 as an Air Force Reserve fighter squadron at Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona. The unit was not fully manned or equipped. It was inactivated in June 1949 when Continental Air Command reorganized its reserve units under the Wing Base Organization system.
Air Defense Command
In March 1953, the squadron was reactivated as the 57th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, flying Northrop F-89 Scorpions. It was activated at Presque Isle Air Force Base, Maine as the 528th Air Defense Group's second operational squadron. A second swap of units began when the 82d Fighter Interceptor Squadron arrived from Iceland. The 57th FIS then moved to Iceland and was reassigned away from the group in November of the same year.
The 57th was reactivated as a regular squadron at Presque Isle AFB, Maine, on 20 March 1953 under Air Defense Command and designated the 57th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron. It was equipped with Northrop F-89C Scorpion interceptors, and assigned to the 528th Air Defense Group. It maintained a 24-hour alert at Presque Isle. The squadron was known as "Back Knights of Aroostook" While at Presque Isle, the unit was awarded two Presidential Unit Citations. The unit suffered several air crashes of F89-C aircraft resulting in loss of life. The unit later moved to Iceland.
Air Defense of Iceland
On 12 November 1954, the 57th FIS moved to Keflavik Airport, Iceland, replacing the 82d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron which was temporarily assigned from Larson AFB, Washington. At Keflavik, the squadron was assigned to Iceland Air Defense Force (IADF), a component of Military Air Transport Service.
The 57th FIS at Keflavik was an interceptor squadron charged with the monitoring of the Greenland, Iceland, United Kingdom gap in the North Atlantic that formed a naval warfare choke point during the Cold War. The 57th would respond alerts from Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) and warning stations established on Iceland; the GCI stations guiding its interceptor aircraft toward unidentified intruders picked up on the radar scopes. Over 1,000 intercepts of Soviet aircraft took place inside Iceland's Military Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).
On 18 December 1955 MATS activated the 1400th Operations Group as the mission at Keflavik was expanded to accommodate Tactical Air Command (TAC) and Strategic Air Command transient aircraft. In 1959, a retrenchment of USAF operations began, including the reduction of F-89 interceptors and ADC and SAC (tenant) activities.
Air Force activities at the airport were reorganized and IADF was redesignated Air Forces Iceland, which functioned at a Wing level on 1 July 1960. Shortly afterwards, the USAF transferred jurisdiction of Keflavik Airport to the United States Navy on 1 July 1961 which named it Naval Air Station Keflavik. The Air Force units at Keflavik operated in a tenant status with the 57th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron and two Aircraft Control and Warning Squadrons on 1 July 1961. The USAF facilities remained designated Keflavik Airport.
In 1962 ADC replaced the squadron's F-89s with newer Convair F-102 Delta Dagger supersonic interceptors, the F-89s generally being worn-out after nearly a decade of continual interceptions. Challenges by the 57th FIS to Soviet aircraft on flights over the North Atlantic and along the Eastern Seaboard of the United States to bases in Cuba continued throughout the 1960s.
The first McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II aircraft was assigned to the squadron on 16 April 1973, as TAC was replacing its F-4C's with F-4E models at the end of the Vietnam War. By 30 June, the squadron. had six F-4Cs and additional F-4s were received in the third quarter of 1974. The last of the F-102s were replaced in early 1975 when additional F-4Cs were received from TAC squadrons at Luke AFB and George AFB; the last F-4C arriving in March 1976.
In early 1978 preparations for the exchange of the F-4C for F-4Es were underway with the first two aircraft landing on 21 March. These aircraft were better equipped than the C models, with solid state radios and tactical navigation equipment, lead computing optical gunsight and ILS. Twelve aircraft arrived between April and July, and the last F-4Cs left on 14 June. On 1 August, one of the squadron's F-4Es was taking off for a training mission to practice interceptions for the William Tell interceptor weapons meet as the number two ship in a formation. After a very long takeoff roll followed by difficulty in controlling pitch, the crew found the plane's outer wing panels were in the folded position. After the crew safely landed, it was discovered that the wing fold locking lugs were retracted and as the Phantom's nose was lifted on takeoff, the outer wing panels had "gently lifted to their folded position and stayed there." The wing panels had apparently been unlocked when the plane was repainted from Tactical Air Command camouflage to ADC gray and had not been locked when the job was through,
Four F-106 Delta Darts of the 87th FIS from K.I. Sawyer AFB, MI deployed to Keflavik in April 1978 to augment the 57th's alert capabilities during the "Black Knights" transition from F-4Cs to F-4Es. They occupied the open air flight line beside the alert shelters, and operated from this location for approximately a month, during which they made several successful intercepts against the Soviet "Bear" fleet.
On 1 October 1979 TAC absorbed ADC's assets, and the F-4E Phantom II aircraft of the 57th Fighter Interceptor Squadron. In 1982 the construction of hardened aircraft shelters was planned on the west end of the airfield and this construction started in 1983. The shelters were of a Norwegian design, with the doors opening inwards and fitting into a recess in the foundation, thus making the floor for the aircraft to taxi over. Thirteen shelters were constructed.
In 1984 it was announced that the 57th FIS was programmed to receive the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle. Initially, it was believed that the squadron would get the F-15A model, as that was the version going into the ANG units at that time, and the 57th had never been equipped with the most modern front-line aircraft in the USAF. It therefore came as a surprise that July 1985, that modern F-15Cs and F-15Ds replaced the aging F-4s, and the tail code "IS" was assigned to Air Forces Iceland (AFI).
On 1 June 1992, Air Combat Command (ACC) assumed command and control of AFI and the 57th FIS. Air Forces Iceland was inactivated on 31 May 1993. Activated in its place, assuming the mission previously carried out by AFI, was the 35th Wing that was transferred from the closing George Air Force Base, California. The change was part of the Air Force's "objective wing" plan. On 1 October 1993, an ACC realignment transferred administrative control of the 35th Fighter Wing from First Air Force to Eighth Air Force. However, the 35th would go through another major change less than two years after it was activated at Keflavik.
Because the 35th garnered the majority of its history in the Pacific theater during World War II, and in California since 1971 until its move to Iceland, it was decided to relocate the unit back to that area. Consequently, the 35th Fighter Wing was relieved of its assignment to ACC and transferred to Misawa Air Base, Japan, on 1 October 1994. To assume the mission at Keflavik, the 85th Wing was activated on the same day.
The 85th Wing was a combination of the lineages and histories of the 85th Fighter-Bomber Group and the former Air Forces Iceland. This allowed the Air Force contingent in Iceland to keep alive its distinguished history in the foreign nation, while also retaining the history of a World War II flying unit.
Air Force reductions and a new agreement with the Government of Iceland continued to affect Keflavik organizations. On 1 March 1995, the 57th FS was inactivated and the interceptor force was replaced by Regular Air Force and Air National Guard F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft rotating every 90 days to Iceland until the USAF inactivated the 85th Group in 2002.
Lineage
Constituted as the 57th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) on 20 November 1940
Activated on 15 January 1941
Re-designated 57th Fighter Squadron, Single Engine on 15 May 1942
Disbanded on 1 May 1944
Reconstituted on 24 March 1947
Activated in the reserve on 15 May 1947
Inactivated on 27 June 1949
Redesignated 57th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 11 February 1953
Activated on 27 March 1953
Redesignated 57th Fighter Squadron on 1 January 1993
Inactivated on 1 March 1995
Assignments
54th Pursuit (later Fighter) Group, 15 January 1941 – 1 May 1944
459th Bombardment Group, 15 May 1947 – 27 June 1949
528th Air Defense Group, 27 March 1953
Iceland Air Defense Force, 13 November 1954
1400th Operations Group, 18 December 1955
Air Forces Iceland, 1 July 1960
35th Wing, 4 June 1992 – 1 October 1994
85th Group, 1 October 1994 – 1 March 1995
Stations
Hamilton Field, California, 15 January 1941
Paine Field, Washington, 26 June 1941
Harding Field, Louisiana, 31 January 1942
Detachment operated from: San Diego Airport, California, 28 May – 12 June 1942
Detachment operated from: Elmendorf Field, Alaska, 20 June – 30 September 1942
Detachment operated from: Kodiak, Alaska, 29 September – 1 December 1942
Bartow Army Airfield, Florida, 12 May 1943 – 1 May 1944
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, 15 May 1947 – 27 June 1949
Presque Isle Air Force Base, Maine, 27 March 1953
Keflavik Airport (later NAS Keflavik), Iceland, 12 November 1954 – 1 March 1995
Aircraft
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, 1941
Bell P-39 Airacobra, 1941–1943
North American P-51 Mustang, 1943–1944
Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star
Northrop F-89C Scorpion, 1953–1962
Convair F-102 Delta Dagger, 1962–1973
McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II, 1973–1978
McDonell Douglas F-4E Phantom II, 1978–1985
McDonnell Douglas F-15C and F-15D Eagle, 1985–1995
Awards and Campaigns
See also
Aerospace Defense Command Fighter Squadrons
List of F-4 Phantom II operators
List of F-15 operators
References
Notes
Citations
Bibliography
AF Pamphlet 900-2, Unit Decorations, Awards and Campaign Participation Credits Department of the Air Force, Washington, DC, 15 June 1971
AF Pamphlet 900-2, Unit Decorations, Awards and Campaign Participation Credits, Vol II Department of the Air Force, Washington, DC, 30 September 1976
Further reading
"ADCOM's Fighter Interceptor Squadrons". The Interceptor (January 1979) Aerospace Defense Command, (Volume 21, Number 1)
Aerospace Defense Command units
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Wade Ceramics
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Wade Ceramics Ltd is a manufacturer of porcelain and earthenware, headquartered in Stoke-on-Trent, England. Its products include animal figures for its Collectors Club, whisky flagons, and a variety of industrial ceramics.
In the 1950s, the Wade potteries created 'Whimsies', small solid porcelain animal figures first developed by Sir George Wade, which became popular and collectable in Britain and America, following their retail launch in 1954, and were widely available in shops throughout the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. The figurines have also been offered along with Red Rose Tea since 1967.
Its other brand names of inexpensive collectable porcelain include 'TV Pets', 'Whoppas', and 'Minikins'.
Wade has produced licensed pieces based on TV shows, comic books, and Disney films.
History
Wade Ceramics was established in 1867 in Burslem, England. It originally comprised several different companies founded by various members of the Wade family, and was only finally united as Wade Potteries Limited in 1958. The original companies were:
Wade & Myatt (later became George Wade & Son, which made industrial ceramics and Wade Whimsies). Established 1867.
John Wade & Co (later Wade Heath & Co, which made decorative ware, particularly Art Deco vases in the 1930s). Established 1867.
J & W Wade (later AJ Wade Ltd, which made tiles, notably the original tiles for the London Underground). Established 1891.
In 1905, George Wade & Son took over rival company Henry Hallen. As the Hallen firm was owned by a distant relative and had been founded in 1810, Wade Ceramics (through this) claims to have been established in 1810. In the 1930s, Colonel Sir George Wade gained control of the Wade companies that had previously been run by his father and uncles. He also started further Wade factories, including Wade (Ulster) Ltd in Portadown.
Following the death of Sir George Wade in 1986 at the age of 94, and the death of leukaemia of his innovative son George Anthony (Tony) Wade in 1987, the Wade potteries were taken over by Beauford Plc in 1998 and renamed Wade Ceramics Ltd. In the early 1990s the Irish pottery factory was renamed Seagoe Ceramics, and was closed down.
Beauford plc's pottery factories were taken over by a management buyout in 1999, becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Wade Allied Holdings Ltd. Edward Duke, former CEO of Beauford, became the major shareholder of Wade Allied Holdings and Chairman of Wade Ceramics. His partner Paul Farmer became Managing Director of Wade. In 2009, Wade Allied Holdings invested £7.9m in a new factory with the latest robotic manufacturing equipment to make ceramic flagons for the whisky industry. The last Wade factory in Burslem was closed in 2010, and sold for housing development.
The original factory is still standing and has lay derelict for 10 years, subject to vandalism and arson over the years.
As of 2011, Wade's Ceramics operates from Bessemer Drive in Eturia, Stoke On Trent.
Further reading
The Wade Dynasty, Dave Lee, 1996
References
External links
Official website of Wade Ceramics Ltd.
Ceramics manufacturers of England
Staffordshire pottery
Manufacturing companies established in 1867
British companies established in 1867
1867 establishments in England
Companies based in Stoke-on-Trent
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Louis Cosyns (born 29 September 1952 in Saint-Amand-Montrond) was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented Cher's 3rd constituency from 2002 to 2012, as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.
References
1952 births
Living people
People from Cher (department)
Politicians from Centre-Val de Loire
Rally for the Republic politicians
Union for a Popular Movement politicians
The Republicans (France) politicians
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
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The Fouad Shehab Command and Staff College (CSC) ( Kouliyat Fouad Chehab lelkiyada' wal'arkan) is a Lebanese Armed Forces facility that functions as a graduate school for the Lebanese Army in addition to other Arab armies. It was originally established in 1974 as the Center of Higher Military Education. The college is named after the former Lebanese Army commander-in-chief and former Lebanese president Fuad Chehab.
History
The LAF CSC was founded on September 1, 1974 under the name Center of Higher Military Education and headquartered at the LAF headquarters in Yarze, it was later renamed on January 24, 1980 into College of Higher Military Education, ultimately it was called Command & Staff College on August 18, 1983 and headquartered since then at the town of Rihania.
As of October 10, 2005, the name of General Fuad Chehab was added to the name of the college as way to honor him.
Mission
The LAF CSC prepares officers of different arms to exercise command over tactical, logistic units or administration services. It also prepares officers to fulfill staff function at different levels. Moreover, it organizes training periods for acquisition of staff techniques. The CSC also increases the officers' ability to better fulfill their missions by deepening their knowledge through studies and researches. In addition, the college carries out researches, in favor of the army command, into some subjects of military strategy that might interest the national defense.
Courses
The initial training is three years at the Military Academy, on the third year an application course takes place, for some officers this course is followed abroad. The higher courses are taken after the initial training, depending on the track of each individual:
Captains’ course: obligatory trainings for 3 months.
Battalion Commander course: obligatory trainings for 4 months followed in the CSC.
Staff course: selection based on competitive examination, lasts for 11 months and is followed in the CSC.
Applications
The college employs Janus tactical simulator in its courses, which was officially ready for use in 2006. The simulator is used
to train the major units' staff commanders and the officers enrolled for battalion commander and staff courses in the CSC, for fields skills and up to Brigade level command. This is done by making simulations on various changing tactical combat conditions, and experience them on assessing the combat situation under various realistic and pressuring conditions, while taking into account the practical application of the staff theories, techniques, and knowledge. In addition to conducting training on decision making and giving orders at the right time in the right place for the commanded units.
Emblem
Each symbol on the emblem of the Command and Staff College represents a specific ideal for a member of the Army:
Two spread Swords: Symbol of the officer’s command
Two palms: Eternal vitality and generosity
The Cedar: symbol of Lebanon: in all circumstances, it remains green and at the top for good
The Flaming torch: Symbol of sacrifice and martyr
See also
Lebanese Armed Forces
Lebanese Army Military Academy
References
Lebanese Army Academies
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Ingo Schulze
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Ingo Schulze (born 15 December 1962) is a German writer born in Dresden in former East Germany. He studied classical philology at the University of Jena for five years, and, until German reunification, was an assistant director (dramatic arts advisor) at the State Theatre in Altenburg 45 km south of Leipzig for two years. After sleeping through the events of the night of 9 November 1989, Schulze started a newspaper with friends. He was encouraged to write. Schulze spent six months in St Petersburg which became the basis for his debut collection of short stories 33 Moments of Happiness (1995).
Schulze has won a number of awards for his novels and stories, which have been translated into twenty languages, among them into English by John E. Woods. In 2007, he was awarded the Thüringer Literaturpreis. In 2013 he was awarded the Bertolt-Brecht-Literaturpreis.
Life
Schulze, the son of a physicist and a doctor, grew up with his mother after his parents' divorce. After completing his Abitur, which he took in 1981 at the Kreuzschule in Dresden, he completed basic military service in the National People's Army. Until 1988 he studied classical philology at the Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena.
Subsequently, Schulze was a dramaturg at the Landestheater of Altenburg, which he left in order to work as a journalist. In 1990 he was a cofounder of the 'independent newspaper' the Alternburger Wochenblatt, which was operational until Autumn 1991, as well as an Offertenblatt (a kind of newspaper for classified ads) called the Anzeiger. Both were published by the Alternburg publishing house, which was managed by Schulze until the end of 1992. In early 1993 he went to Russia, where he launched the advertising newspaper Привет Петербург (Privet Petersburg).
Since the mid-1990s Schulze has lived as a freelance author in Berlin. He and his wife have two daughters.
Since 2006 he has been a member of the Berlin Academy of the Arts and, since 2007, of the German Academy for Language and Poetry in Darmstadt. He is also a member of the Saxony Academy of the Arts and the PEN Centre Germany.
In Autumn 2019 Schulze curated the forum:autoren at the Munich Literature Festival. The theme was titled 'Exercises in paradise. Questions to the world after 1989.'
Awards
1995 Alfred-Döblin-Förderpreis
1995 Ernst-Willner-Preis beim Ingeborg-Bachmann-Wettbewerb
1995 Aspekte-Literaturpreis
1998 Johannes-Bobrowski-Medaille
2001 Joseph-Breitbach-Preis (gemeinsam mit Dieter Wellershoff und Thomas Hürlimann)
2006 Finalist für den Deutschen Buchpreis: Neue Leben
2006 Peter-Weiss-Preis
2007 Thüringer Literaturpreis
2007 Preis der Leipziger Buchmesse
2008 Premio Grinzane Cavour
2008 Samuel-Bogumil-Linde-Preis
2008 Finalist of Deutscher Buchpreis: Adam und Evelyn
2009 Longlist of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
2011 Mainzer Stadtschreiber
2013 Bertolt-Brecht-Literaturpreis
2013 Manhae-Preis
2017 Rheingau Literatur Preis
2019 Werner-Bergengruen-Preis
2020 Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Publications
33 Augenblicke des Glücks, Berlin 1995 ("33 Moments of Happiness")
Simple Storys, Berlin 1998 [German text under an English heading]
Der Brief meiner Wirtin, Ludwigsburg 2000
Von Nasen, Faxen und Ariadnefäden, Berlin 2000
Mr. Neitherkorn und das Schicksal, Berlin 2001
Würde ich nicht lesen, würde ich auch nicht schreiben, Lichtenfels 2002
Neue Leben, Berlin 2005
Handy. Dreizehn Storys in alter Manier, Berlin 2007
Adam und Evelyn, Berlin 2008.
One More Story: Thirteen Stories in the Time-Honored Mode. 2010
References
External links
German audio samples of "Neue Leben" and "Handy"
1962 births
Living people
Writers from Dresden
People from Bezirk Dresden
20th-century German novelists
21st-century German novelists
German male novelists
20th-century German male writers
21st-century German male writers
Aufstehen
People educated at the Kreuzschule
University of Jena alumni
Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin
Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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Louis Giscard d'Estaing
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Louis Joachim Marie François Giscard d'Estaing (born 20 October 1958) is a French politician and former member of the National Assembly of France. He is the son of the late President of France Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926–2020) and Anne-Aymone Giscard d'Estaing (née Sauvage de Brantes). He was a deputy for the Puy-de-Dôme department from 2002, when he held his father's old seat on his retirement, until 2012 when he was defeated by the Green candidate Danielle Auroi. He remains mayor of Chamalières, a post he has held since 2005. His father had also been mayor of Chamalières from 1967 to 1974.
He was married to musicologist Nawal-Alexandra Ebeid (1959–2011) from 1996 until her death in 2011. She was born in Pasadena, California in 1959 and was a graduate of George Washington University. The couple had one son, Pierre-Louis Giscard d'Estaing. He remarried to Claire Labic in 2016.
Ancestry
References
1958 births
Living people
Politicians from Paris
Union for a Popular Movement politicians
Union of Democrats and Independents politicians
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Regional councillors of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Children of national leaders of France
French untitled nobility
Saint-Jean de Passy alumni
Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University alumni
Mayors of places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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David Copperfield's laser illusion is an illusion performed by David Copperfield in several magic shows. The magician or his assistant is cut by a "laser" into two or more parts and starts walking.
Illusion description
As performed during the 2001 TV special Copperfield: Tornado of Fire, Copperfield was "cut in half" by his assistant or assistants, wielding the laser beam. Sparks and flames flew where the beam "hits" his body. Copperfield then demonstrated to the audience that he was truly in two pieces by lowering the top half of his body onto a chair while the lower half of his body (waist down) remained visibly standing. As the finale, Copperfield, still separated from the waist, held on to his legs as he walked and hopped to the front of the stage, where he lifted the upper half of his body onto the bottom half and "re-connected" himself.
The illusion is not currently featured in the live performances of David Copperfield, who rotates effects in and out of his repertoire as new material evolves and is developed.
See also
Portal
Vanishing the Statue of Liberty
Walking Through the Great Wall of China
Death Saw
Flying
Squeeze box
References
Dawes, A. E., et al. Making Magic. London: Multimedia Books, Ltd, 1993.
Magic tricks
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Lenhovda IF is a Swedish sports association, located in Lenhovda, Sweden and was founded in 1928. The club runs several sports, mostly known for their football (soccer) club but also for ice hockey, skiing, tennis, gymnastics and badminton. The two most successful sports are football and ice hockey. Lenhovda IF are at the moment playing in the lowest division in both football and ice hockey.
History
Football: Lenhovda IF is currently playing in the eight tier league Division 6, with Lenhovda IP as their home arena. However, Lenhovda's greatest moments were in the late 1970s. During the second half of the 1970s, Lenhovda played in the fourth division which is in the same tier as today's Division 3. In the 1978 season, Lenhovda had a brilliant year. One highlight of the season came when they beat the national team of Saudi Arabia with 5–3 in a friendly match. But the best part of the season came in the end of it, when Lenhovda had the chance to be promoted to the third division, which is in the same tier as today's Division 2. It was the last game of the year, when Lenhovda played a game on their home ground in front of 1,100 attendants. Lenhovda won the game 2–1 and promoted to Division 3.
References
External links
Lenhovda IF (Swedish)
Multi-sport clubs in Sweden
Sport in Kronoberg County
Association football clubs established in 1928
1928 establishments in Sweden
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Mantorp is a locality situated in Mjölby Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 3,671 inhabitants in 2010. In the middle of Mantorp there is a small centre where a Christmas market is held annually. The locality is surrounded by farmland. The closest bigger towns are Mjölby about 10 km away and Linköping about 20–30 km away.
Mantorp is the location of the race track Mantorp Park and Mantorp-horse trotting track.
There are also a mall in Mantorp called Depot Mantorp (before, it was called Mobilia).
References
Populated places in Östergötland County
Populated places in Mjölby Municipality
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UIA (Insurance) Limited is a mutual insurance company in the United Kingdom, providing general insurance products to members of the trade union movement and other not-for-profit organisations. It is a member of the Association of British Insurers and is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. UIA (Insurance Services) Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary.
History
UIA Mutual was registered in 1890 under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1876 as The Poor Law and Local Government Officers' Mutual Guarantee Association Ltd. In 1926, this became The National Association of Local Government Officers' Mutual Insurance Association Ltd. (Logomia) and, in 1969, NALGO Insurance Association Ltd. (NIA).
The present name was adopted in 1993 on the merger of the National and Local Government Officers' Association (NALGO) with the National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) and Confederation of Health Service Employees (COHSE) to form UNISON. To emphasise its long standing relationship with the trades union movement, UIA registered Union Insurance Association as a trading name in 2015 and, to emphasise the mutual, customer-focused nature of the business as well as the strong relationships with union partners, it rebranded as UIA Mutual – insurance for trade union members in 2016.
Operations
The Introducer Appointed Representatives permitted to assist in insurance contract arrangements with UIA Mutual include UNISON — the Public Service Union (successor to NALGO), Unite the Union, the Communication Workers' Union (CWU), National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW), Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU), National Association of Probation Officers (NAPO), Fire Brigades Union (FBU), National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) and the Ramblers' Association charity.
UIA (Insurance Services) is an insurance broker providing travel, pet and motor insurance mainly to clients of its holding company, UIA (Insurance). UIA motor insurance is arranged and administered by Autonet Insurance Services. UIA travel insurance is arranged and administered by AllClear Insurance Services. Pet insurance is provided in association with Petwise, which is a trading name of Ultimate Insurance Solutions.
References
External links
Mutual insurance companies
Insurance companies of the United Kingdom
Financial services companies established in 1890
1890 establishments in England
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"Funky Man" is a single by Dee Dee King, the rapper alias of Ramones bassist Dee Dee Ramone. It was released as a 12-inch single by Profile Records imprint Rock Hotel Records, with the b-side being an extended dub version of the song. The cover art work was by James Rizzi.
The single was recorded after Ramone was in a drug treatment center where he was introduced to rap. He was still in the Ramones when it was released, although he left the band in 1989 and then released a full album under his King alias, Standing in the Spotlight.
Track listing
"Funky Man" – 4:48
"Funky Man (Dub)" – 6:50
References
1987 singles
Dee Dee Ramone songs
Songs written by Dee Dee Ramone
1987 songs
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Louis Guédon (born 28 November 1935 in Les Sables-d'Olonne) was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the Vendée department, between 1993 and 2012. and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.
References
1935 births
Living people
People from Les Sables-d'Olonne
Politicians from Pays de la Loire
Rally for the Republic politicians
Union for a Popular Movement politicians
Deputies of the 10th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 11th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
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Club Social, Cultural y Deportivo Brasilia
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Club Social, Cultural y Deportivo Brasilia is a football club based in Quinindé, Ecuador.
Brasilia
Association football clubs established in 1985
1985 establishments in Ecuador
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Evaristo Baschenis (7 December 1617 – 16 March 1677) was an Italian Baroque painter of the 17th century, active mainly around his native city of Bergamo.
Biography
He was born to a family of artists. He is best known for still lifes, most commonly of musical instruments. This could explain his friendship with a family with notable violin makers from Cremona. Still-life depiction were uncommon as a thematic among Italian painters prior to the 17th century. Baschenis, along with the more eccentric 16th-century painter Milanese Arcimboldo, represents provincial outputs with idiosyncratic tendencies that appear to appeal to the discernment of forms and shapes rather than grand manner themes of religious or mythologic events. For Arcimboldo, the artifice is everything; for Baschenis, the items, man-made musical instruments, have a purpose and a beauty even in their silent geometry. One source for his photographic style of still life could be Caravaggio's early painting of peaches, or alternatively, Dutch paintings. The most faithful imitator of his style is a younger contemporary Bergamese, Bartolomeo Bettera. Baschenis is a contemporary of the Bergamese portrait artist, Carlo Ceresa, and appears to have been influential for the Modenese artist Cristoforo Munari.
Gallery
Sources
Web Gallery Art biography
External links
A Caravaggio Rediscovered, The Lute Player, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Baschenis (see cat. no. 17)
Painters of reality: the legacy of Leonardo and Caravaggio in Lombardy, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Baschenis. (see cat. nos. 101–102)
1607 births
1677 deaths
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Italian male painters
Painters from Bergamo
Italian still life painters
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Loïc Bouvard (20 January 1929 – 27 November 2017) was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the Morbihan department, and was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.
Personal.
Loic Bouvard married Elizabeth Bouvard in 1969 in Reading. They have 5 children and 15 grand children. Loic Bouvard's father, Michel Bouvard, was a 4-Star General in the French Air Force, who liberated Toulon during WWII and led the Air Force's Secret Services. Loic Bouvard's mother was Andrée Caron. He spent his childhood between Rio in Brazil where his father was assigned, Brittany where his father's family came from, and both Massillon in Central France and Paris where he studied after WWII.
After graduating from the Sciences Po and getting a law degree from the Sorbonne University, Loic Bouvard received a Fulbright Scholarship to study at Princeton University where he received a PhD in just 2 years.
Career.
Loic Bouvard's career included:
- Working at Air France in New York as a special Assistant to the CEO for the Americas
- Cofounding the office of McKinsey in Paris
- Founding his own consulting firm, Loic Bouvard, Inc.
- Being elected 9 consecutive times to the French Parliament over 39 years from 1973 to 2012
- Being the Vice President of the French Parliament. Here is a video of Loic Bouvard opening the French National Assembly
- Presiding the Assembly of the NATO from 1992 to 1994. Loïc Bouvard joined the Assembly in 1978. He was one of the leading figures who steered the Assembly through the transformative years of the end of the Cold War. In recognition of his outstanding contribution to the development of the NATO PA partnerships at the end of the Cold War, in 2012 the Assembly created the “Loïc Bouvard” scholarship. https://www.nato-pa.int/news/nato-pa-mourns-loss-its-former-president-loic-bouvard.
He died on 27 November 2017, aged 88.
References
1929 births
2017 deaths
People from Tours, France
Union for French Democracy politicians
Union for a Popular Movement politicians
French Resistance members
Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 3rd Class
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Sciences Po alumni
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The discography of Alison Moyet, an English pop singer-songwriter, consists of nine studio albums, three compilation albums, two live releases, thirty singles and a number of appearances with other artists.
Albums
Studio albums
Compilation albums
Live albums
EPs
Singles
Promotional singles
Videography
Other appearances
"The Coventry Carol" (from A Very Special Christmas, Vol. I), 1987.
"My Best Day" (album track from Jollification by the Lightning Seeds), co-writer and vocals, 1994.
"Make A Change" (album track from Nearly God by Tricky), co-writer and vocals, 1996.
"What A Wonderful World" (Comic Relief CD single/cassingle only extra track, from When the Going Gets Tough by Boyzone), vocals, 1999.
"Waiting" (by My Robot Friend), vocals, 2010.
"Walking Down Madison" and "Head" (Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire, from 'A Concert For Kirsty MacColl'), 2013.
See also
List of songs recorded by Alison Moyet
References
Discographies of British artists
Pop music discographies
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Seppun
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is the 8th single by Mika Nakashima. It peaked on the Oricon weekly charts at #4 and sold roughly 38,429 copies.
Outline
Nakashima covered Original Love's fifth single released in 1993.
This single was limited the production to 50,000 copies.
Track listing
References
2003 singles
Mika Nakashima songs
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Michael Joseph Barry
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Michael Joseph Barry (1817 – 23 January 1889) was an Irish poet, author, and political figure.
Life and career
Born in Cork, Ireland, Barry was imprisoned in 1843 as a Young Irelander. That year an 1843 essay on repeal won the Repeal Association prize. He published his Kishoge Papers in Dublin University Magazine anonymously, later as "Bouillon de Garçon." He also published under the names "B.", "B.J.", "Beta", and "Brutus".
He recanted his early political views late in life and became a police magistrate in Dublin.
Works
Books included:
A Waterloo Commemoration
Echoes from Parnassus
Lays of the War
Six Songs of a Beranger
Heinrich and Leonore, an Alpine Story
Ireland, as She Was, as She Is, and as She Shall Be
Irish Emigration Considered
Songs of Ireland (editor with Thomas Osborne Davis)
References
1817 births
1889 deaths
19th-century Irish poets
Irish poets
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Conus coccineus, common name the berry cone or the scarlet cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 27 mm and 62 mm. The thin shell has somewhat convex sides. It is encircled by striae, which are often minutely granular. The spire is moderate, sometimes gradate, striate, and obsoletely coronated. The color of the shell is orange pink, with a white central band, variegated with dark brown spots and blotches. The spire is usually maculated.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Indonesia, New Caledonia, Palawan, the Philippines, Samar, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Australia (the Northern Territory, Queensland)
References
Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910
Broderip, W.J. & Sowerby, G.B. 1830. Observations on new or interesting Mollusca, contained for the most part, in the Museum of the Zoological Society (to be continued). Zoological Journal of London 5: 46–51
Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Conus. pls 1–39 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef Shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp.
Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the Central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp.
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
MacDonald & Co (1979). The MacDonald Encyclopedia of Shells. MacDonald & Co. London & Sydney
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
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Gastropods described in 1791
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Lucien Degauchy
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Lucien Degauchy (11 June 1937 – 11 February 2022) was a member of the National Assembly of France from 1993 to 2017. He represented the Oise department, and was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. Born in France, he died on 11 February 2022, at the age of 84.
References
1937 births
2022 deaths
People from Oise
Union for a Popular Movement politicians
Rally for the Republic politicians
The Republicans (France) politicians
Deputies of the 10th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
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Conus coelinae
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Conus coelinae, common name Celine's cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
The former subspecies Conus coelinae spiceri Bartsch & Rehder, 1943 has been elevated to the status of genus Conus spiceri Bartsch & Rehder, 1943
Description
The size of the shell varies between 55 mm and 128 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii and the Philippines; off the Loyalty Islands , New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands, New Zealand and Australia (Queensland)
References
Crosse, H. 1858. Observations sur la genre Cone et description de trois espèces nouvelles, avec une catalogue alphabétique des cones actuellement connus. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée 2 10: 113–209, 1 pl.
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific Marine Shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. . 159 pp.
Delsaerdt, 1989 Delsaerdt, A. 1989. On the true identity of Conus coelinae Crosse, 1858 and description of Conus pseudocoelinae new species. Gloria Maris 28(1): 5–9
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website
Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée 10: plate 2.
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
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Gastropods described in 1858
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2000 United States presidential election in Alabama
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The 2000 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 9 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Alabama was won by Republican Governor George W. Bush with a 14.88% margin of victory. He won the majority of counties and congressional districts in the state. Vice President Al Gore, the Democratic Party candidate, remains the last candidate of his party to win Choctaw, Colbert, Lawrence, and Jackson counties in a presidential election.
, this is the last time a Democrat won over 40 percent of the vote as a presidential candidate, as well as the last time the Republican nominee won less than 60 percent of the vote. It is also the last time that Alabama voted to the left of neighboring Mississippi.
Results
Results breakdown
By county
By congressional district
Bush won 6 of 7 congressional districts
Electors
Technically the voters of Alabama cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Alabama is allocated 9 electors because it has 7 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 9 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 9 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.
The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 18, 2000, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.
The following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All were pledged to and voted for George W. Bush and Dick Cheney:
Glen Dunlap
Bob Fincher
Homer Jackson
Jerry Lathan
Elaine Little
Melba Peters
Martha Stokes
Jean Sullivan
Edgar Welden
See also
United States presidential elections in Alabama
References
Alabama
2000 Alabama elections
2000
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Marc-Philippe Daubresse (born 1 August 1953) is a French politician.
Early life and education
Daubresse was born on 1 August 1953 in Lille, Nord. He is a graduate of the École centrale de Lille, the Institut Industriel du Nord, and the Institut d'Administration des Entreprises. He was a member of Jeunesse Etudiante Chrétienne.
Career
In 1974, Daubresse worked as staff member for telecommunications Minister Norbert Segard. He also served as regional chair of the Union pour la Démocratie Française, and later the Union pour un Mouvement Populaire for the Nord.
From 1980 to 1983, Daubresse worked for Bouygues.
From 1986 to 1992, Daubresse was a member of the regional council of Nord-Pas-de-Calais. From January 2001 to March 2008, he was the Vice-President of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole. Since 2003, he has been the President of the Conseil National de l’Habitat, then the Agence Nationale de l'Habitat.
From March to November 2004, Daubresse was Secretary for housing, from November 2004 to May 2005, Deputy Minister for housing and cities. and frome March to November 2010 Minister for Youth and Active Solidarities.
Daubresse has been the mayor of Lambersart from 1988 to 2017.
Political positions
In the Republicans’ 2016 presidential primaries, Daubresse endorsed Nicolas Sarkozy as the party's candidate for the office of President of France.
References
External links
Official website
1953 births
Living people
Politicians from Lille
French Christians
Union for French Democracy politicians
The Republicans (France) politicians
Modern and Humanist France
Government ministers of France
Mayors of places in Hauts-de-France
École centrale de Lille alumni
Lille University of Science and Technology alumni
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Senators of Nord (French department)
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Bamidele Olumilua
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Bamidele Isola Olumilua (1940 – 4 June 2020) was a Nigerian politician who was the elected Governor of Ondo State, Nigeria from January 1992 to November 1993 during the Nigerian Third Republic, elected on the Social Democratic Party (SDP) platform. He was forced to leave office when the military regime of general Sani Abacha took power. He served as diplomat of Nigeria to the state of Canada
His deputy governor was Olusegun Agagu, who later became Governor of Ondo State from 29 May 2003 until February 2009.
He was the Chancellor, Ekiti State University.
Olumilua joined the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in 1998. He was appointed as the Chairman of the Christian Pilgrims Board.
In August 2005, the PDP stated that he was no longer a member of the party.
He later became one of the founding members of the Action Congress (AC) party, formed in 2006.
He died on 4 June 2020, aged 80.
References
1940 births
2020 deaths
Yoruba Christian clergy
Yoruba politicians
Governors of Ondo State
Ekiti State University people
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El Kabir Pene
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El Kabir Pene, born 18 December 1984 in Thiès, Senegal, is a Senegalese basketball player.
Statistics
Height : 1m90
Position : guard
Regular number:
Biography
He plays as a guard for the Senegal national basketball team.
El Kabir Pene participated in the 2006 World Championships in Japan.
Clubs
2003 - 2005 : US Gorée (1st division)
December 2005 - May 2006 : Stade Clermontois (Pro A)
May 2006 - June 2006 : Vichy (Pro B)
2006 - 2007 : Stade Clermontois (Pro A)
2008 - 2009 : ASM Basket Le Puy-en-Velay (France)
Career with the Senegal national team
Senegalese international, El Kabir Pene participated in the African Championships in 2005 and the 2006 World Championships in Japan.
Titles
Silver medal at the 2005 African Championships, (Alger, Algeria)
External links
www.allbasketball.com
World Statistics 2006
His profile at the LNB site
1984 births
Living people
African Games medalists in basketball
African Games silver medalists for Senegal
Competitors at the 2003 All-Africa Games
Senegalese expatriate basketball people in France
Senegalese men's basketball players
Sportspeople from Thiès
2006 FIBA World Championship players
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Minuscule 2615 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, written on paper and parchment in a form of scroll (20.2 cm by 15.4 cm).
Paleographically it has been assigned to the 15th or 16th century. Written in one column per page, in 21 lines per page.
Description
The codex contains the complete text of the four Gospels. Written carefully in small minuscule letters. There is mixture of minuscule and uncial characters. Uncials usually in the beginning of words, and almost never in the medial position.
Titles were written in red colour. It contains the Ammonian Sections and the Eusebian Canons.
Kurt Aland the Greek text of the codex did not place in any Category.
According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents the textual family Πa in Luke 1, Luke 10, and Luke 20.
History
The codex formerly belonged to the Saint Catherine's Monastery. It was purchased by Kenneth Willis Clark in 1950.
The codex now is located in the Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of the Duke University (Gk MS 15) at Durham.
See also
List of New Testament minuscules
Textual criticism
References
Further reading
Kenneth Willis Clark, "Greek New Testament Manuscripts i Duke University Library", Library Notes, no. 27 (April 1953), pp. 6-7.
External links
Minuscule 2615 at the Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of Greek Manuscripts
Greek New Testament minuscules
15th-century biblical manuscripts
Duke University Libraries
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Marc Bernier (born 19 April 1943 in Le Mans) was a member of the 13th National Assembly of France, until 19 June 2012. He represented the Mayenne department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.
References
1943 births
Living people
People from Le Mans
Rally for the Republic politicians
Union for a Popular Movement politicians
United Republic politicians
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
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Conus coffeae, common name the coffee cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 51 mm. The yellowish brown shell is white-banded in the middle and less distinctly so at the shoulder and the base of the body whorl. These bands are sometimes maculated, like the spire, with chestnut, and there are, on the darker portions, occasional faint chestnut revolving lines.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Central and Western Pacific; off Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)
References
Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910.
Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp.
Dillwyn, L.W. 1817. A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells, arranged according to the Linnaean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London : John and Arthur Arch 2 volumes 1092 + 29 pp.
Sowerby, G.B. (1st) 1833. Conus. pls 24–37 in Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) (ed). The Conchological Illustrations or coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London : G.B. Sowerby (2nd).
Coomans H.E. & De Visser J.S. (1987) Studies on Conidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). 10. The holotype and identity of Conus coffeae Gmelin. The Veliger 29(4): 437–441
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
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Gastropods described in 1791
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Club Social, Cultural y Deportivo Grecia is a sports club based in Chone, Ecuador. They are best known for their professional football team.
Current squad
Grecia
Association football clubs established in 1986
1986 establishments in Ecuador
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Conus collisus
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Conus collisus, common name the stigmatic cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 60 mm. The thin shell is cylindrically turbinated, and somewhat inflated. The lower part of the body whorl shows distant revolving grooves. The ground color of the shell is white, variously painted with chestnut longitudinal irregular streaks, usually forming three broad series or bands. It closely resembles Conus spectrum.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Gulf of Bengal along South India; the Andaman Sea, Malaysia; the South China Sea, the Pacific Ocean off Indonesia and the Philippines.
References
Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 – 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4, 2009 Edition
Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp
Filmer R.M. (2010) A taxonomic review of the Conus boeticus Reeve complex (Gastropoda – Conidae). Visaya 2(6): 21–80. page(s): 39–40
Filmer R.M. (2012) Taxonomic review of the Conus spectrum, Conus stramineus and Conus collisus complexes (Gastropoda – Conidae). Part III: The Conus collisus complex. Visaya 3(6): 4–47
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
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Marc Dolez (born , in Douai, Nord) is French politician. He represented the Nord's 17th constituency from 1988 to 1993, and again from 1997 to 2017. A former member of the Socialist Party, he was a founding member, with PS Senator Jean-Luc Mélenchon, of the Left Party.
References
1952 births
Living people
People from Douai
Socialist Party (France) politicians
Left Party (France) politicians
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
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Conus colmani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Taxonomy
Conus colmani is part of a species complex including Conus albellus, Conus lizardensis and Conus limpusi, that needs re-evaluation. For conservation implications, all are here tentatively listed as distinct species.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 52 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and is found off Queensland.
References
Röckel, D. & Korn, W. 1990. Zur Indentitat von Conus lizardensis Crosse, 1865 und Conus sibogae Schepman, 1913– mit Beschreibung dreier neuer Conus-Arten von Queensland, Australien (Mollusca: Conidae). Acta Conchyliorum 2: 5–23, pls 1–10
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 – 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4, 2009 Edition
Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
colmani
Gastropods described in 1990
Fauna of Queensland
Gastropods of Australia
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Anthony Duquette (June 11, 1914 – September 9, 1999) was an American artist who specialized in designs for stage and film.
Early life and education
Duquette was born in Los Angeles, California. He was the oldest of four children. He grew up between Los Angeles, where he wintered with his family, and Three Rivers, Michigan, where they lived the rest of the year. As a student, Duquette was awarded scholarships at both the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles and the Yale School of the Theatre.
After graduating from Chouinard, he began working in advertising, creating special environments for the latest seasonal fashions. He also began to free-lance for designers such as William Haines, James Pendleton and Adrian. In the early 1940s, Duquette's parents and siblings moved permanently to Los Angeles, where Duquette had been living since 1935. During this time Duquette was discovered by designer and socialite Elsie de Wolfe. Through the patronage of de Wolfe and her husband Sir Charles Mendl, Duquette established himself as one of the leading designers in Los Angeles. He worked increasingly for films, including many Metro Goldwyn Mayer productions under the auspices of producer Arthur Freed and director Vincente Minnelli.
Career
1935–1946
Duquette designed costumes and settings for the movies, interiors for Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers, jewelry and special furnishings for Lady Mendl, as well as numerous night clubs and public places.
He served in the United States Army for four years during the Second World War and received an honorable discharge. After the liberation of Paris, he accompanied Sir Charles and Lady Mendl on their return trip to Europe and was introduced to their friends on the continent.
1947–1960
Upon his return from Europe in 1947, Duquette continued his works for private clients and for the theatre and motion pictures. He presented his first exhibition at the Mitch Liesen Gallery in Los Angeles in 1949 and shortly thereafter was asked to present his works at the Pavilion de Marsan of the Louvre Museum, Paris. Duquette was the first American artist to have a one-man show at the Louvre. Returning from a year in France, where he received design commissions from the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and the Alsatian industrialist Commandant Paul Louis Weiller, Duquette held a one-man showing of his works at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
There followed other one-man exhibitions of Duquette's works, including at the M. H. de Young Museum and Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, the California Museum of Science and Industry and Municipal Art Gallery in Los Angeles, the El Paso Museum of Art, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Museum of the City of New York, as well as one-man exhibitions in Dallas, Chicago, Rio de Janeiro and Phoenix, Arizona.
In 1956, with his wife Elizabeth (known as Beegle), he opened a salon in the converted silent film studios of actress Norma Talmadge, where they entertained friends such as Arthur Rubenstein, Aldous Huxley and Jascha Heifitz.
1960–1970s
During the 1960s and '70s, the Duquettes continued to travel extensively, working in Austria, Ireland and France as well as New York, Dallas, San Francisco, South America and Asia. Duquette created interiors for Doris Duke, Norton Simon, and J. Paul Getty, a castle in Ireland for Elizabeth Arden and a penthouse in the Hawaiian Islands. He also designed interiors for commercial and public spaces like the Hilton Hawaiian Village, Sheraton Universal Hotel, and sculptures and tapestries for the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Chicago as well as the Los Angeles Music Center and the University of California at Los Angeles. Designs for film and theatre include Yolanda and the Thief, Lovely to Look At, Kismet, and Ziegfeld Follies for MGM, as well as Jest of Cards, Beauty and the Beast, and Danses Concertantes for the San Francisco Ballet. Operas for which Duquette designed both costumes and settings include Der Rosenkavelier, The Magic Flute, and Salome. His designs for the original Broadway production of Camelot won Duquette the Tony Award for Best Costume Design.
His monumental work of environmental art Our Lady Queen of the Angels was created as a gift to the people of Los Angeles in honor of that city's lyrical name and in celebration of the bicentennial. This hugely successful multi-sensorial exhibit was seen by hundreds of thousands of visitors over a three-year period at the California State Museum of Science and Industry at Exposition Park. As part of the unique experience of "ethnic angels," Duquette included a poetic narration by Ray Bradbury, spoken by Charlton Heston. Duquette embellished the celebratory experience with original music by Garth Hudson (reissued in 2005). The immense size of the building added to the effect, where from the 80 foot ceiling hung an 18-foot Madonna, dressed in an ornate and symbolic gown. She was surrounded by angels and alters and jeweled tapestries. All of this was enhanced by special lighting effects which changed the Madonna's facial color "to represent the four races." Duquette researched angels and learned every major world religion (Catholic, Jewish, Moslem, Buddhist, Hindu believes in the same eight archangels. "Duquette writes that his 'Angels' exhibit stresses over and over again 'the brotherhood of man, which is an implied theme of this 'celebration." He stated, "It is my hope that this celebrational environment, into which I have poured the aspirations of a lifetime, will transport the viewer to another dimension."
Cultural impact
In 1979, the Duquettes formed the Anthony and Elizabeth Duquette Foundation for the Living Arts, a non-profit public foundation whose purpose is to present museum-quality exhibitions of artistic, scientific, and educational value to the public and to purchase, promote and preserve Duquette's own works. Exhibitions have been presented by the foundation at California's Mission San Fernando and through the Los Angeles Unified School District including "Designs for the Theatre", "The Art of the Found Object" and "The Fabric Mosaic Tapestry". The foundation has sponsored exhibitions and lectures on the decorative arts in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, and Texas in conjunction with museums and other foundations and on the university level through the UCLA extension series. An exhibition was presented in San Francisco honoring Saint Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of that city. To house the exhibition, Duquette purchased an abandoned synagogue which he restored and renamed The Duquette Pavilion of Saint Francis.
1980s–Death
Final projects, which he completed with the assistance of his business partner and design collaborator of 30 years, Hutton Wilkinson, included interiors for an 18th-century Parisian apartment located on the Place de Palais Bourbon in Paris and interiors for the 12th century Palazzo Brandolini on the Grand Canal in Venice.
Loss by Fire
San Francisco fire of 1983
Much of Duquette's original art in the Duquette Pavilion was destroyed in a fire. Included in the destruction was a work titled Celebrational Environments, consisting of 28-foot-tall metal sculptures and 20-by-20-foot jewel-studded fabric mosaic tapestries.
Malibu fire of 1993
Following the fire in San Francisco, the Duquettes focused their efforts on construction at his 150-acre ranch in the Malibu Mountains of California.
Calling it Sortilegium, which is Latin for "fortune-telling", Duquette strove to create a living work of art. After many years of work, this was also destroyed, by the Green Meadow fire of 1993. The work in progress had been extensively chronicled on television and by national and international magazines before its complete destruction. The Malibu property was bought in 2007 and architect David Randall Hertz was hired to design a home on one of the previous Duquette building pads. Following Duquette's legacy, Hertz designed a house from the wings of a Boeing 747-100, appropriately known as the 747 Wing House.
Personal life
Marriage
In 1949, Duquette married artist Elizabeth "Beegle" Johnstone at a private ceremony at Pickfair, with Mary Pickford as matron of honor and Buddy Rogers as best man. The reception that followed was attended by Hollywood celebrities including Gloria Swanson, Greta Garbo, Fred Astaire, Vincente Minnelli, Louella Parsons, Hedda Hopper, Oscar Levant, Vernon Duke, and Marion Davies. The young couple collaborated on many design commissions and were active on the Hollywood social scene. After 46 years of marriage and artistic collaboration with Duquette, Elizabeth died from Parkinson's disease in Los Angeles. Up until his death at the age of 85, Duquette continued designing interiors, jewelry and works of art. For his 80th birthday, he created a new work entitled "The Phoenix Rising from His Flames", which was presented to UCLA at the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center in Los Angeles.
Death
On September 9, 1999, Duquette died of a heart attack at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 85 years old.
Legacy
Duquette's house in Beverly Hills, "Dawnridge", continues as the headquarters for the design business, headed by Duquette's longtime collaborator Hutton Wilkinson.
References
Citations
Bibliography
External links
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American costume designers
American interior designers
American jewelry designers
American landscape and garden designers
California people in design
California people in fashion
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1999 deaths
Tony Award winners
Artists from Los Angeles
Artists from San Francisco
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20th-century American sculptors
American male sculptors
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Conasprella comatosa
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Conasprella comatosa, common name comatose cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species within the genus Conasprella, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 60 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan, the Philippines, Northwest Australia, New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands.
References
Pilsbry, H.A. 1904. New Japanese marine Mollusca: Pelecypoda. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 56: 550–561, pls 39–41
Schepman, M.M. 1913. Toxoglossa. 384–396 in Weber, M. & de Beaufort, L.F. (eds). The Prosobranchia, Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia Tectibranchiata, Tribe Bullomorpha, of the Siboga Expedition. Monograph 49. Siboga Expeditie 32(2)
Fulton, H.C. 1936. Molluscan Notes 6. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 22: 7–8
Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 – 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. 4 September 2009 Edition
Puillandre N., Meyer C.P., Bouchet P. & Olivera B.M. (2011) Genetic divergence and geographic variation in the deep-water Conus orbignyi complex (Mollusca: Conoidea). Zoologica Scripta 40(4): 350–363.
Severns M. (2011) Shells of the Hawaiian Islands – The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23.
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website
comatosa
Gastropods of Australia
Molluscs of Japan
Molluscs of the Philippines
Gastropods described in 1904
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Lee Langley
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Lee Langley is a British writer born in Calcutta, India.
Langley is the author of ten novels, including Changes of Address (1987), a largely autobiographical account of her childhood in India, the first in a loose trilogy of novels set in India which was short-listed for the Hawthornden Prize. It was followed by Persistent Rumours (1992), which won the Writers' Guild Award (Best Fiction) and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Eurasia Region, Best Book), and A House in Pondicherry (1995). Her novel, Distant Music (2001), spans six centuries in a narrative that begins on the Portuguese island of Madeira in the 15th century and ends in London in the year 2000. Her novel, A Conversation on the Quai Voltaire (2006), is set in 18th and 19th century Paris, Italy, Russia and Egypt, and recreates the life of Dominique Vivant Denon, one of the most significant figures in French art history. Her novel, Butterfly's Shadow (2010) set in mid-twentieth-century America and Japan, takes Giacomo Puccini's opera, Madama Butterfly as a springboard to send the characters into an imagined future.
She has also written several film scripts and screenplays, including television adaptations of Graham Greene's The Tenth Man, several stories by Rumer Godden, and Barbara Taylor Bradford's A Woman of Substance. She has written on travel and the arts for leading newspapers and magazines, such as The Independent and The Spectator.
Lee Langley is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She lives in Richmond, London.
External links
Lee Langley at ContemporaryWriters.com
References
20th-century British novelists
21st-century British novelists
Living people
Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature
Year of birth missing (living people)
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William E. Smith (1865 – August 9, 1886) was a Major League Baseball player, who appeared in one game for the 1884 Cleveland Blues of the National League as their left fielder. Smith died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the age of 21 in a diving accident that broke his back.
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External links
Cleveland Blues (NL) players
1865 births
1886 deaths
Baseball players from Ohio
Major League Baseball left fielders
19th-century baseball players
Diving deaths
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Catherine Flannagan (1829 – 3 March 1884) and Margaret Higgins (1843 – 3 March 1884) were Irish sisters who were convicted of poisoning and murdering one person in Liverpool, England, and suspected of four more deaths. The women collected a burial society payout (a type of life insurance) on each death, and were found to have been committing murders using arsenic to obtain the insurance money. Although Flannagan evaded police for a time, both sisters were caught and convicted of one of the murders; they were both hanged on the same day at Kirkdale Prison. Modern investigation of the crime has raised the possibility that the sisters were part of a larger conspiracy of murder-for-profit—a network of "black widows"—but no convictions were ever obtained for any of the alleged conspiracy members other than the two sisters.
Deaths
In 1880, unmarried sisters Catherine and Margaret Flannagan ran a rooming house at 5 Skirving Street in Liverpool. The household consisted of the two sisters, Catherine's son John Flannagan, and two lodger families—hod carrier Thomas Higgins, Higgins' daughter Mary, Patrick Jennings, and Jennings' daughter Margaret. John Flannagan, aged 22 and previously healthy, died suddenly in December 1880. His death did not raise any particular comment; Catherine collected £71 (worth roughly £ in 2019 pounds) from the burial society with which he had been registered and he was interred shortly thereafter.
By 1882, a romance started between Margaret Flannagan and Thomas Higgins; the pair married in October of that year. Thomas's daughter Mary, aged 8, died within months of the wedding after a short illness. Once again, the burial society payout was collected upon death, this time by Margaret Higgins. In January 1883, Margaret Jennings, aged 19, also died. Her burial payout was collected by Catherine.
In the face of neighbourhood gossip about the death rate in the house, Catherine, Margaret, and Higgins moved their household to 105 Latimer Street and then again to 27 Ascot Street. In September 1883, Higgins, then 45, became yet another member of the household to fall mysteriously ill. His stomach pains were severe enough that a Doctor Whitford was called; he attributed Higgins's illness to dysentery related to drinking cheap whiskey and prescribed opium and castor oil. Higgins died after two days of illness. Days later, the same doctor was contacted and asked to provide a death certificate. He did so, attributing the death to dysentery.
Investigation
Although Higgins's death by apparent dysentery raised no questions for Doctor Whitford, Higgins's brother Patrick was surprised to hear that Thomas, who had been strong and in good health, could have succumbed so easily to illness. When Patrick discovered that his brother has been insured with five different burial societies, which left his widow with a profit of around £100, he pursued the matter with the authorities. A postmortem examination was ordered on Higgins's body. To the surprise of mourners, the coroner arrived at the home to perform the examination in the middle of Higgins's wake. Catherine, upon hearing that a full autopsy was to be performed, fled the home.
When a full autopsy of Higgins's body was completed, evidence of arsenic poisoning was found: His organs showed traces of arsenic, in quantities indicating the poisoning had taken place over several days. Evidence from the home, including "a bottle containing a mystery white substance and a market pocket worn by [Margaret]" was examined by poison expert Dr Campbell Brown, who verified the presence of arsenic – dust in Margaret's pocket, and an arsenic solution (containing unusual adulterants) in the bottle. Margaret was arrested immediately; Catherine, after moving from one boarding house to another to avoid police for nearly a week, was taken into custody in Wavertree. On 16 October 1883, the sisters were formally charged with the murder of Thomas Higgins.
Orders for the exhumation of the previously deceased members of the household were issued when it became clear that arsenic was the mechanism of Higgins's death. The bodies of John Flannagan, Mary Higgins, and Margaret Jennings all showed evidence of minimal deterioration, a quality associated with arsenic poisoning, and traces of arsenic were found in the remains of all three.
Investigators initially assumed that the arsenic used to poison the victims had come from rat poison, but when common adulterants used in rat poison failed to show up in autopsies, they were forced to come up with a new theory. It was unlikely that the illiterate sisters would have been able to acquire arsenic through the usual method of visiting a chemist, a route open to doctors rather than spinsters. Eventually it was discovered that common flypaper at the time contained arsenic, and that by soaking the flypaper in water, a solution substantially identical – including the same adulterants – to that found in a bottle at the Higgins residence could be obtained.
Aftermath
At the time of her arrest, Catherine claimed to her solicitor that the murders were not isolated, and provided a list of six or seven other deaths that she claimed to be killings related to burial society fraud as well as a list of five other women who had either perpetrated those murders or provided insurance to those who did.
Alleged conspiracy
Catherine's list of alleged conspirators contained three poisoners other than herself, one accomplice, and three agents of the insuring groups who had provided payouts upon the deaths. Margaret Evans, Bridget Begley, and Margaret Higgins were named as the poisoners; Margaret Potter, a Mrs Fallon, and a Bridget Stanton were the insurers; and Catherine Ryan was alleged to have obtained the arsenic needed by one of the poisoners. According to Flannagan, Evans had been the instigator of the crime ring, beginning with the murder of a mentally handicapped teenager in which Ryan obtained the poison and Evans administered it. Although Evans did not personally receive an insurance payout from this death, there were implications that she had dealings with the boy's father and may have profited from those.
The women Catherine alleged to have been involved in the conspiracy all appear often in accounts of suspicious deaths in this period; Mrs Stanton, for example, was linked to the insurance policies of three of the deaths, and groups of two or more of the involved women were seen visiting those who died shortly before their deaths. In one case, when an insurance company supervisor requested to meet Thomas Higgins in the course of issuing the insurance on him, he was greeted at his home by a woman who was neither Flannagan nor Higgins, who presented to him a "Thomas" who he later realised, upon seeing the deceased Thomas Higgins, was an impostor.
Catherine's testimony was sometimes contradictory to both herself and to what seemed to be obvious facts of the conspiracy; in one case, despite Mrs Stanton's close links to the insurance payouts of murder victims and Catherine's identification of her as part of the conspiracy, she "exonerated" Stanton after police arrested the woman. Ultimately it was decided by the prosecuting solicitor for Liverpool that while the additional deaths were likely to be murder, it would be difficult to prove that anyone other than Catherine or Margaret had committed them, especially considering that the primary evidence against the other women was being provided by Flannagan, who had every reason to attempt to minimise her own responsibility in such crimes. As a result, only the sisters were tried for the crime of murdering Thomas Higgins, despite continuing suspicion by all investigating parties that there had been more deaths than just the four household ones, and more murderers than just the two women.
Trial
At the trial in 1884, prosecutors implicated Catherine and Margaret in the three other deaths in their household as well as that of Higgins, with which they were officially were charged. Catherine's offer to provide evidence against other conspirators for the prosecution in exchange for leniency was refused. The sisters were found guilty and sentenced to be hanged. The sentence was completed on 3 March 1884 at Kirkdale Prison, with the sisters attended to by a Roman Catholic priest. The deaths were witnessed by a reported 1,000 people.
In media
Contemporary accounts of the Flannagan sisters referred to them as "disciple[s] of Lucrezia Borgia", or as "the Borgias of the Slums", in reference to their use of poison and the tales of how Borgia had been known to do the same. Modern accounts of the sisters, such as those by Angela Brabin and the television series Deadly Women, have focused more on the cooperative aspect of the crimes rather than the poison aspect, and tend to refer to them as "black widows" or "The Black Widows of Liverpool", particularly in reference to the allegation that the Flannagan sisters were part of a larger murder ring. Wax effigies of Flannagan and Higgins were placed in Madame Tussaud's Chamber of Horrors after their executions.
A radio dramatization of the murders and following events titled Life Assurance, written by Chrissie Gittens based on the book The Black Widows of Liverpool by Angela Brabin (Palatine Books, 2003 /2nd Revised Edition 2009 ) and directed by Claire Grove, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005, with Sorcha Cusack as Catherine Flanagan, Gillian Kearney as Ellen Flanagan, Anny Tobin as Margaret Higgins, Robert Hastie as Inspector Keighley, Stephen Hogan as Thomas Higgins, Hugh Dickson as Dr. Whitford and Nicholas Boulton as Patrick Jennings.
See also
Black Widow Murders
References
Notes
1884 deaths
Executed Irish people
Murder in England
Poisoners
Murderers for life insurance money
1882 crimes
1883 crimes
People convicted of murder by England and Wales
19th-century executions by England and Wales
Irish female murderers
Filicides in England
Irish female serial killers
Executed British serial killers
Sibling duos
Executed Irish women
1880s in Liverpool
Mariticides
Suspected serial killers
1880 murders in the United Kingdom
1881 murders in the United Kingdom
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1883 murders in the United Kingdom
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The Owen Sedanca was a GT-class car built in the United Kingdom in the 1970s. Only two were ever sold.
History
The Sedanca was commissioned by Gerald Ronson, owner of London-based car dealership H.R. Owen. The design was heavily inspired by the Lamborghini Espada and was penned by Chris Humberstone.
The Sedanca's hand-crafted body was placed on a Jaguar XJ6 chassis. The bodywork was built by coachbuilders Williams & Pritchard Limited. The car retained the Jaguar 4.2-litre engine alternatively the less powerful Jaguar 3600cc engine could also be fitted.
Sales
The car was unveiled at Kensington in September 1973 and was priced at £8,500 – more than twice the price of the car on which it was based. Eighty orders were taken, but the 1973 oil crisis resulted in most of the 80 orders being cancelled, and the project was shelved.
In 1978, a Mr. Farid ordered a Sedanca for his son to use on the grounds of his Oxfordshire estate. He later ordered another for his younger son; this car being delivered in 1983. They were both sold, with very low mileage, when the Farid family left Britain in the late 1980s.
The two cars still exist, in addition to the original prototype. In December 2005, the 1978 car was put up for sale on eBay.
References
Intersection Magazine, 2006
Sports cars
Cars of England
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Karl Pontus Norgren (born 22 April 1968) is the current guitarist of the Swedish power metal band HammerFall and formerly played guitar for The Poodles.
Biography
Norgren replaced former HammerFall guitarist Stefan Elmgren, who decided to focus on his career as a pilot. Norgren was contacted by Joacim Cans, HammerFall's singer, who asked him if he knew a good guitarist. Being a fan of HammerFall's music and desiring to play a heavier style of music than that of The Poodles, Norgren suggested himself. HammerFall asserts that they are happy with Norgren as a guitarist and band member.
Norgren previously played with bands including Great King Rat, Talisman, Humanimal, The Ring, and Zan Clan.
He also served as live sound engineer for Thin Lizzy during the band's 2000 tour, similarly serving Europe and Yngwie J. Malmsteen.
Recently, he joined The German Panzer as one of the group's 2nd guitarists.
Discography
Great King Rat
Great King Rat (1992)
Out of the Can (1999)
Jekyll-and-Hyde
Heavenly Creatures (1998)
Talisman
Truth (1998)
"Crazy" (1998) CD single from Truth
Live at Sweden Rock Festival (2001)
Solo
Damage Done (2000)
Humanimal
Find My Way Home EP (2002)
Humanimal (2002)
Jeff Scott Soto
Holding On EP (2002)
Live at The Gods 2.002 (2003)
The Ring
Tales from Midgard (2004)
DivineFire
Glory Thy Name (2004)
Zan Clan
We Are Zan Clan...Who the F**K Are You??! (2005)
The Poodles
Metal Will Stand Tall (2006)
Sweet Trade (2007)
"Night of Passion" (2006)
"Metal Will Stand Tall" feat. Tess Merkel (2006)
"Song for You" (2006)
"Seven Seas" feat. Peter Stormare (2007)
"Line of Fire" feat. E-Type (2008)
"Raise the Banner" (2008) Sweden's official song for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
Doogie White
As Yet Untitled (2008)
HammerFall
No Sacrifice, No Victory (2009)
Infected (2011)
(r)Evolution (2014)
Built to Last (2016)
Guest musician
Various Artists - Musically Correct III: The Eagle Has Landed (1999) "Brand New Start" from Damage Done
House of Shakira - III (2000) guitar solo on "In Your Head"
Locomotive Breath - Heavy Machinery (2002) guitar solo on "The Adventures of Zaphod Beeblebrox"
Various Artists - United: Where Is the Fire (2005) DVD
Talisman - 7 (2007) guest guitarist on "Final Curtain"
Tomas Bergsten's Fantasy - Nightwalker (2015) guitar solo on "In Eternity"
As producer, engineer, mixer
Human Clay - U4Ia (1997)
Four Sticks - Electric Celebration (1997) engineer, mixing
House of Shakira - Lint (1997) mixing (with Björn Wallmark)
House of Shakira - On the Verge (1998) mixing (with Björn Wallmark)
Southpaw - Southpaw (1998)
Clockwise - Naîve (1998) engineer (with Niklas Sjöberg)
Jekyll-and-Hyde - Heavenly Creatures (1998) engineer
Great King Rat - Out of the Can (1999) producer, mixing
Gaeleri - Still Here... (1999) co-producer, engineer
Pontus Norgren - Damage Done (2000) producer
House of Shakira - III (2000) engineer, mixing
House of Shakira - Live +(2001) live sound engineer
Humanimal - Find My Way Home EP (2002) co-producer, engineer
Humanimal - Humanimal (2002) co-producer, engineer
Mercury Fang - Liquid Sunshine (2003) producer, mixing
The Ring - Tales from Midgard (2004) producer, engineer, mixing, mastering
Candlemass – Candlemass (2005) producer, engineer, mixing
Doogie White - As Yet Untitled (2008) producer, mixing
Last Autumn's Dream - Hunting Shadows (2008) mixing, mastering
Impulsia - Expressions (2009) co-producer, engineer
Rough Diamond - Stories from the Old Days (2012) mixing (with Marcus Jidell)
References
External links
Hammerfall MySpace
Hammerfall Official Fanclub (Templars of Steel)
Pontus Norgren - Official Website
The Poodles - Official Website
Musicians from Stockholm
People from Haninge Municipality
Swedish heavy metal guitarists
Talisman (band) members
Living people
Lead guitarists
1968 births
HammerFall members
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Marc Francina
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Marc Francina (2 February 1948 in Évian-les-Bains – 26 October 2018) was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the Haute-Savoie department, and was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.
Prior to his political career Francina worked as a bank clerk for a regional bank.
References
1948 births
2018 deaths
People from Évian-les-Bains
Union for a Popular Movement politicians
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
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Baby Jump
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"Baby Jump" is a popular song, released as a single in 1971 by Mungo Jerry.
Written by the group's lead vocalist and guitarist Ray Dorset and produced by Barry Murray, it was the band's second No. 1 single, reaching the top of the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in March 1971. The song originally entered at No. 32 before dropping out of the chart due to lack of sales data owing to a national postal strike, but re-entered two weeks later at No. 14. The song also reached No. 5 in the Irish Singles Chart.
Like the group's debut single, "In the Summertime", the British release was a maxi-single playing at 33 rpm. The second track on the A-side was a Paul King composition, "The Man Behind the Piano". The B-side, which had a playing time of 9 minutes 50 seconds, included live recordings from their Hollywood Festival appearance of "Maggie" (excerpt), "Midnight Special", and "Mighty Man".
References
1971 singles
UK Singles Chart number-one singles
Mungo Jerry songs
Songs written by Ray Dorset
1971 songs
Dawn Records singles
Song recordings produced by Barry Murray
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German post offices abroad
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The German post offices abroad were an extraterritorial network of German post offices in foreign countries with a significant German commercial interest to provide mail service where the local services were generally deemed unsafe or unreliable, such as China, Morocco, Ottoman Empire and Zanzibar. The system ended during or shortly after World War I.
The cancellation mark of the mail processed by the German system in the early period are the only means of identifying the point of use; such stamps are known as "Vorläufer" (forerunner) stamps. Later stamps are identified by overprints of the place of issuance even when not for postal use. German abroad stamps started appearing in the late 19th century and reached their heyday at the beginning of the 20th century.
Stamps from German post offices abroad are popular with collectors and some can be valuable. In a 2006 auction, a 40 Pfennig Germania hand-stamped "China" (Tientsin issue) stamp from 1900 realized 100,152 Euros.
Other countries maintained postal offices abroad. In the latter part of the 19th century and into the 20th century and having extraterritorial post offices were a perceived indication of a nation's international power.
References and sources
References
Sources
Philately of Germany
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5-inch gun
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A 5-inch gun is a gun with a 5-inch bore. Examples include these naval weapons:
BL 5 inch gun Mk I – V British naval and coast defence guns of 1880s-1890s
5-inch gun M1897 and M1900 - US Army coast artillery weapons 1900-1920
5"/25 caliber US anti-aircraft gun
5"/40 caliber gun - USN gun
5"/50 caliber gun - USN gun
5"/51 caliber US anti-ship gun
5"/38 caliber US dual-purpose gun
5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun US dual-purpose gun
5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun US (and 5"/62 caliber Mark 45 Model 4 gun)
Oto Melara 127/54C dual-purpose gun Italian naval gun
Oto Melara 127/64 dual-purpose gun Italian naval gun
127 mm artillery
Artillery by caliber
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Conus consors
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Conus consors, common name the singed cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 33 mm and 118 mm. The depressed spire is conical, with a shallow channel and revolving striae, sometimes tessellated with chestnut. The body whorl is rather narrow, somewhat convex, grooved towards the base, somewhat round-shouldered, rather thin. The color of the shell is white, yellowish and orange-brown, variously clouded and indistinctly banded. The aperture is white.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific Region to the Marshall Islands, in Melanesia and off Queensland, Australia.
References
Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Conus. pls 1–39 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
Adams, A. 1854. Descriptions of new species of the Genus Conus, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1853(21): 116–119
Crosse, M. 1858. Observations sur la genre Cone et description de trois espèces nouvelles, avec une catalogue alphabétique des cones actuellement connus. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée 2 10: 113–209, 1 pl.
Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1887. Thesaurus Conchyliorum. Supplements to the Monograph of Conus and Voluta. Vol. 5 249–279, pls 29–36.
Motta, A.J. da 1985. A discussion of a confusing group of species in the genus Conus (Gastropoda-Conidae), with description of a new species. Publicaçoes Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia 5: 3–7
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 – 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4, 2009 Edition
Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
Brauer A, Kurz A, Stockwell T, Baden-Tillson H, Heidler J, Wittig I, et al. (2012) The Mitochondrial Genome of the Venomous Cone Snail Conus consors. PLoS ONE 7(12): e51528. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0051528
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website
Conus consors daullei Crosse, 1858 – Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée 10: plate 2.
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
consors
Gastropods described in 1833
Taxa named by George Brettingham Sowerby I
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Ban Phiaha
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Ban Phiaha is a village in Phouvong District in the Attopu Province of south-eastern Laos.
References
Populated places in Attapeu province
Phouvong District
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Marc Goua
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Marc Goua (born 3 March 1940) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Maine-et-Loire department, and was a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.
References
1940 births
Living people
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
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Konrad Winkler (fencer)
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Konrad Sebastian Winkler (20 January 1882 – 16 January 1962) was a Polish fencer. He competed in the individual foil and team sabre at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
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External links
1882 births
1962 deaths
Polish male fencers
Olympic fencers of Poland
Fencers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Fencers from Warsaw
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David Sheffield
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David Sheffield (born 1948) is an American comedy writer best known for his writing on Saturday Night Live and the screenplays for Coming to America, Coming 2 America, and The Nutty Professor all written in collaboration with Barry W. Blaustein.
Writing credits
Saturday Night Live (1980-1983) (TV)
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
Coming to America (1988)
What's Alan Watching? (1989) (TV)
Boomerang (1992)
The Nutty Professor (with Tom Shadyac and Steve Oedekerk) (1996)
The Gelfin (1999) (unproduced)
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)
The Honeymooners (2005)
Coming 2 America (2021)
References
External links
American male screenwriters
1948 births
Living people
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Nir Bitton
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Nir Bitton (or Biton, ; born 30 October 1991) is an Israeli professional footballer, who plays as either a defensive midfielder or centre back for Maccabi Tel Aviv and the Israel national team.
Early and personal life
Bitton was born and raised in Ashdod, Israel, to a family of Sephardic Jewish descent. He served as a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces.
He married his Israeli girlfriend Bar ( Shimon) in 2014: the couple have two children, Emma and Tom.
Club career
Ashdod
Bitton broke into the first team of his home-town club F.C. Ashdod at the age of 17, and went on to make over 100 appearances.
Celtic
On 30 August 2013, Bitton signed a four-year deal with Scottish Premiership club Celtic, for a fee of around £700,000 and a 20% sell-on clause from Israeli Premier League club Ashdod.
He made his debut for the club on 18 September, in a Champions League group stage match against AC Milan, coming into the game as a late substitute in the 89th minute. Three weeks later he made another Champions League appearance for Celtic, coming as a 77th-minute substitute against Ajax on 22 October, but was sent off eleven minutes later for a late tackle on Thulani Serero. The resulting suspension and a few niggling injuries hindered Bitton's efforts to establish himself in the team, but he still managed to make a total of 20 appearances for Celtic by the end of his first season there. Celtic won their third successive league title, and Bitton's 15 league appearances saw him pick up his first major honour.
In the 2014–15 season, Bitton scored in Celtic's first league match of the season from the penalty spot after a controversial red card for St Johnstone defender Dave Mackay. Celtic winger Derk Boerrigter was later given a 3-match ban for simulation. Later in the season, Bitton scored a stunning 30-yard goal against Dundee. in a 5–0 win. He scored another long-distance strike on 12 August 2015, netting from 25 yards into the top corner in a 2–2 draw with Kilmarnock.
To begin the 2015–16 season, on 19 August 2015, Bitton scored against Swedish side Malmö FF in a 3–2 win at Celtic Park in the first leg of the Champions League playoffs. On 2 November 2015, Bitton was signed a new contract which would keep him at Celtic until the summer of 2020, and again on 16 December 2019 he extended his contract up to 2023. Bitton also occasionally captained the team.
On 13 May 2022, Celtic announced that Bitton and teammate Tom Rogic would both be leaving the club after the final game of the season against Motherwell. Bitton said: "When I came to Celtic I never thought I would be part of such exciting times and it truly has been amazing to be part of such a great club. I have worked with some great managers and team-mates and I thank them all for those times and all we achieved together." Bitton came on as a substitute for club captain Callum McGregor in the 85th minute, as Celtic ran out 6-0 winners. Rogic and Bitton brought out the Scottish Premiership trophy together, which McGregor then lifted aloft with his departing teammates standing on either side.
Maccabi Tel Aviv
On 1 July 2022, after weeks of speculation, Bitton joined Maccabi Tel Aviv on a free transfer, signing a two-year contract with an option for a third year. The player thus returned to Israel after spending nine years in Scotland.
International career
In 2009, Bitton was selected to represent his native Israel at the 2009 Maccabiah Games, and the team won a bronze medal. He played for the only Israel U-21 team to qualify for the UEFA European U21 Championship in 2013.
He made his senior debut for Israel in a friendly match against Uruguay on 26 May 2010. Bitton played a major role in qualifying games for the 2016 UEFA Euro Tournament. He scored his first goal for the national team against Andorra in a 4–0 victory On 3 September 2015. Ever since 23 March 2016, Bitton is being used as a second or a third Captain for the senior Israel national team. Bitton debuted as the first Captain of the senior national team, in a 3–2 home win for Israel against Faroe Islands on 15 November 2021 (even after Eitan Tibi, Israel's vice-captain, was substituted in), at the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
Career statistics
Club
International goals
Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bitton goal.
Honours
Celtic
Scottish Premiership (8): 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22
Scottish Cup (4): 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
Scottish League Cup (6): 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22
See also
List of Jewish footballers
List of Jews in sports
List of Israelis
Liel Abada
References
External links
1991 births
Living people
Footballers from Ashdod
Israeli footballers
Association football midfielders
F.C. Ashdod players
Celtic F.C. players
Israeli Premier League players
Scottish Professional Football League players
Maccabiah Games medalists in football
Maccabiah Games bronze medalists for Israel
Israel under-21 international footballers
Israel international footballers
Israeli expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Scotland
Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
Israeli Mizrahi Jews
Israeli Jews
Israeli Sephardi Jews
Jewish footballers
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Ban Phiakhamdaonang
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Ban Phiakhamdaonang is a village in Phouvong District in the Attopu Province of south-eastern Laos.
References
Populated places in Attapeu province
Phouvong District
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Conus conspersus
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Conus conspersus, common name the sprinkled cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
During the 20th. Century, the holotype was misplaced and thought to be lost
but has now(2022) been rediscovered and confirmed
and is once again available to science.
The size of the shell varies between 24 mm and 56 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Australia.
References
Reeve, L.A. 1843. Descriptions of new species of shells figured in the 'Conchologia Iconica'. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 11: 169–197
Filmer R.M. (2011) Taxonomic review of the Conus spectrum, Conus stramineus and Conus collisus complexes (Gastropoda – Conidae) – Part I. Visaya 3(2): 23–85
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website
gastropods.com: Graphiconus spectrum conspersus (var.)
conspersus
Gastropods described in 1844
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Sorouh Real Estate
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Sorouh Real Estate PJSC of Abu Dhabi was one of the largest real estate developers in the UAE with over AED 70 billion (US$19 billion) worth of projects under development. In June 2013, it merged with Aldar Properties.
Sorouh developed commercial and residential properties. The master developments associated with Sorouh included Shams Abu Dhabi, Alghadeer, Lulu Island, and Saraya. Sorouh also developed entire residential communities, including Golf Gardens, Khalidiya Village, Sas Al Nakhl Village and Al Oyoun Village. With Tala Tower they also had a single building in their portfolio, a 49-floor apartment building in the Marina Square area of Al Reem Island.
References
External links
Sorouh Real Estate
Companies based in Abu Dhabi
Property companies of the United Arab Emirates
Defunct real estate companies
Defunct companies of the United Arab Emirates
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Entry Islands
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Entry Islands may refer to:
Nattiqtuut formerly the Entry Islands, Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut
Entry Islands (Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut)
May also refer to:
Entry Island, an island off the coast of Quebec in the Magdalen Islands archipelago.
Entry Island, an island off the coast of Fiordland in New Zealand the waters around which are protected by the Moana Uta (Wet Jacket Arm) Marine Reserve
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Newham, Victoria
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Newham () is a small town in the Shire of Macedon Ranges in Victoria, Australia. It is situated between the towns of Kyneton, Woodend and Lancefield. At the 2006 census, Newham and the surrounding area had a population of 570.
At the 2016 census, Newham and the surrounding area had a population of 506.
History
The township of Newham was occupied as a station in 1847 by settlers named Peters and Dryden and called Dryden's Rock; The district of Newham and Woodend was created in December 1861; it became the Shire of Newham and Woodend in January 1905.
Newham Post Office opened on 16 September 1861 and closed in 1971.
Possible origins of the name
In 1848 it may have been named Newham after Rev. Newham, an Anglican priest. Around the 1850s, Newham was known variously as Hieland Town or Isle of Skye, perhaps indicating a Scottish heritage of the early settlers. It would appear that these names were colloquial terms rather than official names.
While it is likely that the town was named after Rev. Newham, other theories exist regarding the origins of the name Newham. Historians appear to be divided on the origins of Edward Dryden, one of the first settlers, who is thought by some to have been born in Newham, Northumberland, England. Alternatively, it has been supposed that Dryden came from Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, and that he named his new home in recognition of the new country.
Today
Newham is close to Hanging Rock and is home to the Hanging Rock Winery, which is located on Jim Road on the Jim Jim Hill. The area is currently served by the Newham General Store (which closed in September 2007 but reopened in June 2009), located on the intersection of Jim Road, Rochford Road, Coach Road and Dons Road opposite the fire station. It now operates as both a general store and cafe
Newham has a primary school (State School 1913), a hall (1903) and a park. There is a small, unused bluestone church (1868) opposite the school. The Newham Fire Brigade station is on the corner of Dons Road and Rochford Road (opposite the General store).
On 4 December 2009, the modernisations to the 1905 Mechanics' Hall were officially opened. This hall is credited with being the birthplace of the Victorian Farmers Union, which later became the Country Party then National Party of Australia.
References
External links
Geoscience Australia place names search: Newham
Towns in Victoria (Australia)
Towns in Loddon Campaspe
Shire of Macedon Ranges
1847 establishments in Australia
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Conus corallinus
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Conus corallinus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 37.5 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Okinawa, Japan and New Caledonia.
References
Kiener L.C. 1844–1850. Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 2. Famille des Enroulées. Genre Cone (Conus, Lam.), pp. 1–379, pl. 1-111 [pp. 1–48 (1846); 49–160 (1847); 161–192 (1848); 193–240 (1849); 241-[379](assumed to be 1850); plates 4,6 (1844); 2–3, 5, 7–32, 34–36, 38, 40–50 (1845); 33, 37, 39, 51–52, 54–56, 57–68, 74–77 (1846); 1, 69–73, 78–103 (1847); 104–106 (1848); 107 (1849); 108–111 (1850)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
corallinus
Gastropods described in 1845
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Elimu Nelson
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Elimu Nelson (pronounced Ee-lii-muu, meaning knowledge and education in Swahili) is a film and television actor. His latest film in which he has a major role is Love Don't Cost a Thing. He has had supporting roles in movies such as Dance Flick, Love & Sex, The Hard Easy, and Unspeakable.
He has made television guest-starring appearances on Pacific Blue, Undressed, JAG, The Practice and City of Angels and the TNT feature Passing Glory.
Early life
Nelson was born in Orange, New Jersey of African American descent, but raised in Milton, Massachusetts. The elder of two, he excelled in basketball and soccer at an early age. Elimu attended Milton High School and graduated in 1991. Elimu then graduated from Syracuse with a Bachelor of Science in Speech Communication, with a concentration in African American Studies and Spanish. After graduation he made his way to Los Angeles after a brief stint in NYC. Upon arriving in LA he hit the ground running with some commercial work and guest appearances on television shows such as: Pacific Blue, Undressed, JAG, The Practice and City of Angels. He also guest starred in The Shield as Derrick Tripp. He is currently working on future projects and living in Burbank, CA.
Filmography
Passing Glory (1999) (TV)...Touché
Love & Sex (2000)...Jerome Davis
What About Your Friends: Weekend Getaway (2002)...Nikko
The Shield (2002)...Derrick Tripp
Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003)...Dru Hilton
The Hard Easy (2005)...Stephen McKinley
Private Practice (2007) (TV)...Greg O'Brien - In Which Sam Receives an Unexpected Visitor...
Unspeakable (2007)...Neal Knox
Dance Flick (2009)...Prison Guard
Fugue (2010)...Terry
The Game (2012) (TV)...Adisa Edwards - The Black People Episode
My Favorite Five (2015)...Peter
Modern Family (2015) (TV)...Officer Clemons - The Big Guns
External links
Living people
American male actors
Basketball players at the 1996 NCAA Division I Men's Final Four
Basketball players from New Jersey
Guards (basketball)
People from Orange, New Jersey
Sportspeople from Essex County, New Jersey
Syracuse Orange men's basketball players
American men's basketball players
1973 births
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Adolphe Guillet dit Tourangeau
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Adolphe-Elzéar Guillet dit Tourangeau (January 15, 1831 – October 8, 1894) was a notary and political figure in Quebec, Canada. He was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada representing Quebec East from 1870 to 1874. He also served two terms as mayor of Quebec City.
Biography
He was born in Quebec City, Lower Canada in 1831 and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec. He articled as a notary, studied law at Université Laval and qualified as a notary in 1855. He set up practice in Quebec City, also serving as an agent for several insurance companies. He was a director for the North Shore Railway and the Quebec and Gosford Railway, later the Quebec and Lake St. John Railway. In 1863, he was elected to city council and he served as mayor from 1863 to 1866. During his time as mayor, a regular ferry service was established between Quebec City and Lévis. Tourangeau attempted to have the walls separating Quebec City's Upper Town and Lower Town demolished, although his efforts failed. He served another term as mayor in 1870; after the end of his term, Tourangeau and several of his fellow councillors continued to occupy city hall, claiming that the election was invalid. They were eventually forced to surrender after supplies were cut off.
He was elected to the House of Commons in an 1870 by-election, after Pierre-Gabriel Huot resigned his seat. He was reelected in 1872 but did not run in 1874. He ran unsuccessfully in an 1877 by-election against Wilfrid Laurier. He returned to his notary practice. He was named postmaster for Quebec in 1883 and served until his death in 1894.
References
External links
Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
1831 births
1894 deaths
Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
Mayors of Quebec City
Université Laval alumni
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Conus cordigera
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Conus cordigera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 72 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Eastern Indonesia
References
Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
cordigera
Gastropods described in 1866
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Tamweel
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Tamweel is one of the largest real estate developers in the Middle East, based in Dubai.
It was established in March 2004. They now have two branches in the United Arab Emirates: the head office is in Port Saeed, Dubai and there is also a branch in Marina Mall, Abu Dhabi.
They are engaged in Islamic Sharia-compliant property financing and investment activities, including Murabaha, Ijara, Forward Ijara, Baiti and Yusr.
References
External links
Property companies of the United Arab Emirates
Companies based in Abu Dhabi
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Nikita Mikros
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Nikita Mikros is a game designer/developer, bocce player, living in Brooklyn, New York, United States. He is the founder and CEO of SMASHWORX and Tiny Mantis Entertainment, two independent game studios located in New York City. Mr. Mikros's most current project is "Killer Queen Arcade" a 10 player arcade game he co-designed with Joshua DeBonis. "Killer Queen Arcade" was the recipient of the Developer's Choice Award at Indiecade 2013. In 2018, Killer Queen Black, the new version of the original game, arrived on Nintendo Switch. At SMASHWORX, Mr. Mikros designs and works on original titles including "Propaganda Lander" and his current project "Team Dungeon Force". At Tiny Mantis, Mr. Mikros has worked on many games for clients including Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, LEGO, Bloomberg Tradebook and others. Before his current positions, Mr. Mikros was co-founder of Black Hammer Game. Mr. Mikros was the lead designer of "The Egg Files" which was a 2002 Independent Games Festival finalist and was published by Manifesto Games. In addition, he was lead designer of Supremacy: Four Paths To Power which was also an Independent Games Festival finalist in 2005 and was published by Matrix Games.
In addition to electronic games, Mr. Mikros has collaborated with Joshua DeBonis in designing games for the Come Out and Play Festival in New York City. In 2008 they designed "Pigeon Pinata Pummel", and in 2009 they designed "Pitfall! Live at the Tank", which won "Best Spectacle". Finally in 2011 they designed "Killer Queen", which is the field game that provided the inspiration for the arcade game of the same name. "Killer Queen" won "Best in Fest" as well as "Deepest Strategy".
He has been interviewed by Polygon, Kotaku and GameSpy. His work has been reviewed by indiestatik, GameDev.net, MacAddict, PC Gamer, AppSpy, and The Portable Gamer. Writing credits include "Using Software Prototypes In Game Design" an article that appeared in the book Game Design Workshop by Tracy Fullerton and Chris Swain. He has taught various multimedia and game design classes at The School of Visual Arts, Sarah Lawrence College, and Seton Hall University. Mr. Mikros received his B.A. in Painting/Studio Art from Queens College ,an accomplished guitar hero and an M.F.A. in Computer Art from the School of Visual Arts.
Independent titles
Killer Queen
Smash Hockey
Propaganda Lander
Thugs!
The Mosquito Project
The Egg Files
Supremacy:Four Paths to Power
Alien Attack
Chic-Tac-Toe
Gorilla Warfare
Pigeon Pinata Pummel
Pitfall! Live at the Tank
Commercial titles
LEGO DINO OUTBREAK
LEGO SPACE LAUNCH
Fantasy Telemarketer
Worst Game Ever
Dungeons and Dungeons
Viva Caligula
Jetpack Jackass
Sponge Bob Atlantis Square Off
Sponge Bob: Delivery Dilemma
Sponge Bob: Demolition Sponge
Ghost Warrior
I Spy Challenger
References
American video game designers
Sarah Lawrence College faculty
Living people
School of Visual Arts alumni
The Bronx High School of Science alumni
Seton Hall University faculty
Queens College, City University of New York alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
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2007 Ordina Open – Women's doubles
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Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung emerged the victors of the 2007 Ordina Open Women's Doubles Competition.
Seeds
Chan Yung-Jan Chuang Chia-Jung (champions)
Meghann Shaughnessy Janette Husárová (quarterfinals)
Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual (final)
Gisela Dulko Meilen Tu (quarterfinals)
Draw
External links
Draw
Women's Doubles
Ordina Open
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Conus coronatus
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Conus coronatus, common name the crowned cone or the coronated cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
The size of the small, squat heavy shell varies between 15 mm and 47 mm. It contains slight nodules on the shoulders of whorls. The colour is light, mottled pinkish-blue with brown dots and blotches. The aperture is purple-brown.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Chagos, the Mascarene Basin and Aldabra; in the tropical Indo-West Pacific; off New Zealand and Australia (New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia).
Habitat
This species can be found in shallow water, often under boulders
References
Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910.
Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp.
Gebauer, J.J. 1802. Systematisches Verzeichniss der Seesterne Seeigel, Conchylien und Pflanzenthiere nach Linne Systema Naturae. Halle : bey Johann Jacob 178 pp.
Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Conus. pls 1–39 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
Hedley, C. 1917. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XIII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41: 680–719
Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian Shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs.
Satyamurti, S.T. 1952. Mollusca of Krusadai Is. I. Amphineura and Gastropoda. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum, Natural History ns 1(no. 2, pt 6): 267 pp., 34 pls
Demond, J. 1957. Micronesian reef associated gastropods. Pacific Science 11(3): 275–341, fig. 2, pl. 1.
Gillett, K. & McNeill, F. 1959. The Great Barrier Reef and Adjacent Isles: a comprehensive survey for visitor, naturalist and photographer. Sydney : Coral Press 209 pp.
McMichael, D.F. 1960. Shells of the Australian Sea-Shore. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 127 pp., 287 figs.
Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef Shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp.
Cotton, B.C. 1964. Molluscs of Arnhem Land. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land 4 (Zoology): 9–43
Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian Shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp.
Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the Central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp.
Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. Coquillages de Polynésie. Tahiti : Papéete Les editions du pacifique, pp. 1–391.
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific Marine Shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian Marine Shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp.
Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 119
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
coronatus
Gastropods described in 1791
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is the third single of Hello! Project subgroup Tanpopo. It was released on June 16, 1999 as an 8 cm CD. It reached number ten on the Japan Oricon charts. Unlike other Tanpopo singles, the song was first featured in Tanpopo 1 before it was released as a single.
Former Tanpopo member, Aya Ishiguro, reunited with the group's 2nd Generation to sing the Grand Symphonic version of the song. This new version, along with the single version, was featured in the group's second album, All of Tanpopo. It was also featured as the ending theme song for the variety show Warau Inu no Bouken: YARANEVA!!.
Track listing
The lyricist and composer of the songs is Tsunku. The arranger of "Tanpopo" was Takao Konishi, while Kaoru Yamauchi arranged the b-side song.
"Tanpopo"
"A Rainy Day"
"Tanpopo (Instrumental)"
Members at the time of single
Aya Ishiguro (石黒彩)
Kaori Iida (飯田圭織)
Mari Yaguchi (矢口真里)
Musical Personnel
Tanpopo
Aya Ishiguro - vocals
Kaori Iida - vocals
Mari Yaguchi - vocals
Beijing Love Band - strings
Go Katsuura (勝浦剛) - manipulator
Takao Konishi (小西貴雄) - keyboards & programming
Takashi Masuzaki (増崎孝司) - guitar
A Rainy Day
Aya Ishiguro - vocals
Kaori Iida - vocals
Mari Yaguchi - vocals
Tsuyoshi Nishida (ニシダツヨシ) - guitar
Kaoru Yamauchi (山内薫) - bass, keyboards, & programming
External links
entry at Hello! Project Official Website
Tanpopo Up-Front Works
Projecthello.com: Tanpopo lyrics, A Rainy Day lyrics
Tanpopo songs
1999 singles
Japanese-language songs
Songs written by Tsunku
Song recordings produced by Tsunku
1999 songs
Torch songs
Pop ballads
1990s ballads
Zetima Records singles
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C.S.D. Independiente del Valle
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Club de Alto Rendimiento Especializado Independiente del Valle, known simply as Independiente del Valle, is a professional football club based in Sangolquí, Ecuador, that currently plays in the Ecuadorian Serie A.
Founded in 1958, the club plays its home games at Estadio Banco Guayaquil, which opened in March 2021 and has a capacity for 12,000. In the 2013 Ecuadorian Serie A Independiente finished runner-ups, and they won their first league title in 2021.
In CONMEBOL competitions, it reached the final of the 2016 Copa Libertadores after famously defeating powerhouses River Plate and Boca Juniors, and won its first ever title with the 2019 Copa Sudamericana.
The club is also known for producing youth talent, and a good example of this is the club's U-20 Copa Libertadores title in 2020. Some well-known footballers the club has produced are Jefferson Montero, Junior Sornoza, Arturo Mina, Cristian Ramírez, Moisés Caicedo and Piero Hincapié.
History
The club was founded on 1 March 1958 as Club Deportivo Independiente by Jose Terán, a football fan from Sangolquí, along with a group of friends including José Díaz, Jorge Atapuma, the Negro Sanguano, Tomás Zaldumbide and Marino Guayasamín. In 1977, two years after the death of José Terán, the club's name was changed to Club Social y Deportivo Independiente José Terán in honor of its founder. The name and initial club colors (red and white) were inspired by Argentine club Club Atlético Independiente.
In 1995 the club reached the Segunda Categoría (3rd Division) for the second time. After winning the Segunda Categoría in 2007, the club changed its name to Independiente del Valle and adopted the current colors (blue and black). Los Negriazules achieved promotion to the Ecuadorian Serie A for the first time ever in the 2010 season, after winning the 2009 Serie B.
In the 2013 Serie A, the club finished runner-up on the aggregate table. Independiente del Valle made its first international participation that same year, in the 2013 Copa Sudamericana, where it was eliminated in the second stage by Universidad de Chile after having beat Venezuelan club Deportivo Anzoategui in the first stage. The next year, the Ecuadorian club made its first Copa Libertadores participation and second overall international participation, with the 2014 edition. In that edition, the club was eliminated after placing 3rd in their group.
In July 2014, the club officially changed its name from "Independiente del Valle" to Club de Alto Rendimiento Especializado Independiente del Valle. Although the club had changed its name already, it had never been made official by the Ecuadorian Football Federation until that point.
Independiente del Valle unexpectedly reached the finals of the 2016 Copa Libertadores with incredible odds, being compared to Leicester City's Premier League title that same year. Independiente began its knockout stage run by beating Copa Libertadores defending champions, Argentina's River Plate, in the round of 16 2–1 on aggregate. In the quarter-finals they defeated Pumas UNAM on penalties 5–3, after an aggregate score of 3–3. The club subsequently faced Argentina's giant Boca Juniors in the semi-final, defeating them 5–3 on aggregate, including a 3–2 victory at the famous La Bombonera stadium. In the finals, the Ecuadorians faced Colombia's Atlético Nacional. In the first leg played at Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa on 20 July, the match finished 1–1. Independiente's fairy tale story came to a conclusion after a 1–0 loss in the second leg with the series ending 2–1 in favor of the Colombians.
In November 2019, Independiente del Valle played their first ever Copa Sudamericana final, and only its second ever CONMEBOL final, where they defeated Club Atlético Colón 3–1 in Asunción. This was the Ecuadorian club's first ever historic title. It was considered a major upset because Colón had a richer history and a much bigger fanbase, with around 40,000 fans at the stadium versus only 500 Ecuadorians.
In February 2020, the club lost the 2020 Recopa Sudamericana against the champion of the 2019 Copa Libertadores, Flamengo. The first leg in Quito was a 2–2 draw, but in the second leg at Estadio Maracana, Flamengo won 3–0 and became the champion with a 5–2 aggregate score.
Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
Copa Libertadores: 7 appearances
2014: Group Stage
2015: First Stage
2016: Runner-up
2017: Second Qualifying stage
2018: Second Qualifying stage
2020: Round of 16
2021: Group Stage
Copa Sudamericana: 4 appearances
2013: Second Stage
2014: Second Stage
2019: Champion
2021: Round of 16
Recopa Sudamericana: 1 appearance
2020: Runner-up
Facilities
Stadiums
Estadio Rumiñahui was inaugurated in 1941 and has a capacity for 8,000 spectators.
For international tournaments the club use larger stadiums like the Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa in Quito that has a 38,500-capacity.
In March 2021, the club opened a new 12,000-capacity stadium called Estadio Banco Guayaquil. It meets modern FIFA standards and is able to hold international matches, unlike their old stadium. It also has three grandstands with a roof, compared to Estadio Rumiñahui, which only had one grandstand.
Training Center
The club has its own training center located in Sangolquí which is called Centro de Alto Rendimiento. It has seven football fields, one of them with artificial grass. The training center also has rooms to accommodate players, dining room, parking, a gym (for the first-team and reserves), indoor pool and administrative offices.
Reserve team
Since 2018, the club has a reserve team in the Ecuadorian Serie B, formerly named Alianza Cotopaxi SC. After the promotion, the club changed name to C.D. Independiente Juniors.
Players
First-team squad
As of 3 January, 2021.
Players out on loan
Managers
Current technical staff
Renato Paiva (Head Coach)
Felipe Sánchez Mateos (Assistant Coach)
Francisco Trujillo (Fitness Coach)
Ricardo Pereira (Goalkeeper Coach)
Luis Piedrahita (Performance Analyst)
Wendy Montiel (Doctor)
Javier Echeverría (Physiotherapist)
Camila Nájera (Physiotherapist)
Junior Alcócer (Equipment manager)
Francisco Alcócer (Equipment assistant)
List of managers
Nelson Brito (2007 - April 26, 2008)
Daniel Silguero (April 30, 2008 - November 8, 2008)
Janio Pinto (November 8, 2008 - April 27,2009)
Guillermo Duró (May 11, 2010 – Sept 21, 2010)
Julio Asad (Sept 22, 2010 – April 17, 2011)
Carlos Sevilla (April 17, 2011 – Sept 20, 2012)
Álvaro Carcelén (Sept 21, 2012 – Sept 30, 2012)
Pablo Repetto (Sept 25, 2012 – Jul 27, 2016)
Alexis Mendoza (Jul 29, 2016 – Dec 6, 2017)
Gabriel Schürrer (Dec 10, 2017 — 2018)
Ismael Rescalvo (Jun 28, 2018 — April 27, 2019)
Yuri Solano (April 27, 2019 - May 7, 2019)
Miguel Ángel Ramírez (May 7, 2019 — Dec 19, 2020)
Renato Paiva (Dec 25, 2020 —)
Honours
Domestic
Serie A:
Winners (1): 2021
Runner-up (1): 2013
Serie B:
Winners (1): 2009
Segunda Categoría:
Winners (1): 2007
International
Copa Libertadores:
Runner-up (1): 2016
Copa Sudamericana:
Winners (1): 2019
Recopa Sudamericana:
Runner-up (1): 2020
Under-20 team
U-20 Copa Libertadores:
Winners (1): 2020
Runner-up (1): 2018
References
External links
1958 establishments in Ecuador
Association football clubs established in 1958
Football clubs in Ecuador
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Oyangudi
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Oyangudi is a small village situated near Nazareth in Thoothukudi District of Tamil Nadu, India. Nazareth is 2.5 km away from Oyangudi. There are about 200 families are living in this village. More than 250 houses are there in this village. It belongs to the Mukkuperi panchayet. A C.S.I Church (Holy Trinity Church) is located at the center of the village. An E.R.S Church is situated on the west side of main street. There are four streets are there in Oyangudi. They are West Street, East Street, North Street, and South Street. A post office located at the south street. A water tank is located on the east street. A road from Nazareth to Tiruchendur divides North part and South part. In the southern part a railway road is crossing from East to Westwardly from Tiruchendur to Tirunelveli.
Geography
Oyangudi is situated near Nazareth of Thoothukudi district. On the north side it is surrounded by a big pool called 'Kadamba Kullam'. On the south side it is surrounded by a big forest called 'Theri' ( red Sand Area). Mukuperi is located on the west side of this village. On the east side Pattakarai is located.
Demographics
Everybody in the village belongs the Nadar community. Christianity is the main religion followed (most of them C.S.I Christians and others E.R.S Christians).
The nearby cities are Tirunelveli (45 km) and Thoothukudi (47 km). The nearest railway stations are Nazareth (2.5 km) and Kachanavillai (3 km). The nearest harbor and airport is situated at Thoothukudi (47 km).
Places of worship
Holy Trinity Church, Oyangudi (CSI Thoothukudi-Nazareth Diocese, Oyangudi), and ERS Church, India Eka Rachaker Sbai
External links
Oyangudi Church
Villages in Thoothukudi district
Thoothukudi
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conus%20crocatus
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Conus crocatus
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Conus crocatus, common name the saffron cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Subspecies
Conus crocatus pseudomagister (Allary & Cossignani, 2016)
Conus crocatus thailandis Motta, A.J. da, 1978Accessed through: WoRMS
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Synonyms
Conus crocatus crocatus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1810: alternate representation of Conus crocatus Lamarck, 1810
Conus crocatus magister Doiteau, C., 1981 Accessed through: WoRMS: synonym of Conus crocatus Lamarck, 1810
Description
The size of the shell varies between 21 mm and 82 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Western Pacific; off Western Thailand; In the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and Mauritius
References
Doiteau, M., 1981. Conus magister (nomen nudum). Rossiniana 13: 3–5
Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
Gallery
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
Lectotype in MNHN, Paris
crocatus
Gastropods described in 1810
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc%20Joulaud
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Marc Joulaud
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Marc Joulaud (born 3 September 1967 in Mayenne) is a French politician who served as Member of the European Parliament for the West France constituency from 2014 until 2019. He is a member of the French center right party Les Républicains (LR). He was given a suspended three-year sentence due to the Fillon affair.
Early life and education
Joulaud studied law, first at the Maine University in Le Mans where he obtained a public law bachelor. He also obtained a master's degree in the same field at Université Paris-1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He finished his studies at Science Po Paris, where he specialised in local government.
Career
In 1992, Jouland started working with François Fillon, at that time mayor of Sablé-sur-Sarthe, as special advisor, which marked the beginning of a long cooperation between the two men. From 1992 to 1995, Marc Joulaud was François Fillon’s parliamentary assistant. In 1995 and 1998, when Fillon was elected president of the and , Joulaud followed him as his closest advisor.
Career in national politics
Joulaud began his own political career in 2001 when he became city councillor of Sablé-sur-Sarthe. He also became vice-president of the Communauté de commune de Sablé-sur-Sarthe (community of communes).
On 9 June 2002, Joulaud became substitute deputy MP of the 4th constituency of Sarthe, after François Fillon’s election as MP (With 55,21% of the ballot at the first round). He finally became MP on 19 July 2002, after the nomination of François Fillon as a member of the government.
During his entire mandate he was a member of the UMP group at the Assemblée Nationale (National Assembly) and a member of the Defence committee. In this committee he was in charge of the monitoring of the credit execution. He was also vice-president of the friendship group between France and Slovenia.
For the 2007 national elections, Joulaud was again appointed as Fillon’s deputy MP in the same constituency. François Fillon and Marc Joulaud were re-elected on the 10 June 2007 with 53,40% of the ballots at the first round, and Fillon was confirmed as French Prime Minister on the 19 June. Joulaud returned as an MP on 20 July 2007 and returned in his previous political group and committee, but became president of the friendship group between France and Sierra-Leone.
On 9 March 2008 Joulaud won the municipal election of Sablé-sur-Sarthe, once again in the first round, and was elected mayor by the city council on the 14th of March.
Candidate for the first time on his own name in the 2012 elections, Joulaud obtained 31,67 % of the ballot at the first round and accessed to the second round. On 17 June 2012, the second turn is on-going but after a long campaign, he obtained 40,55% of the votes while his rival Stephane Le Foll won the election with 59,45% of the votes.
On 28 September 2012, after Fillon's resignation, he was elected President of the Communauté de commune de Sablé-sur-Sarthe at the absolute majority, with 56 votes.
Member of the European Parliament, 2014–2019
As a candidate for the European elections of 2014, Joulaud was at the 3rd place on the UMP list, after Alain Cadec and Elisabeth Morin-Chartier. Nationwide, his list was one of the three UMP lists that arrived ahead the Front National lists at these elections.
In the European Parliament, Joulaud was a member of the EPP group, the biggest political group in the European Parliament. He served as a full member of the Committee on Regional Development (REGI) and a substitute member of the Committee on Culture and Education (CULT).
On the REGI committee, Joulaud worked on urban policies and the implementation of the new regional policy. In the CULT committee, he specialised in digital policies, copyright policy and the audiovisual and media policies. Reflecting this, he was appointed as the EPP shadow rapporteur on CULT opinions on IPR enforcement and the copyright reform.
Joulaud was also a member of the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee, of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly. And he is a substitute member of the South-Caucasus Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly
In the Republicans’ 2017 leadership election, Joulaud endorsed Laurent Wauquiez.
References
1967 births
Living people
People from Mayenne
Politicians from Pays de la Loire
Union for a Popular Movement politicians
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
The Republicans (France) MEPs
MEPs for West France 2014–2019
French politicians convicted of crimes
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby%20Boom%20%28American%20TV%20series%29
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Baby Boom (American TV series)
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Baby Boom is an American television sitcom based on the 1987 film of the same name, created by Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer, and starring Kate Jackson. The pilot premiered on NBC on September 10, 1988, and the series aired from November 2, 1988, to July 13, 1989.
Sam Wanamaker and the baby twins Kristina and Michelle Kennedy reprised their roles from the film, but otherwise, the characters picked up from the original film were cast with new actors. J.C. Wiatt was played by Kate Jackson, Helga Von Haupt by Joy Behar and Charlotte Elkman by Susie Essman.
Cast
Kate Jackson as J. C. Wiatt
Sam Wanamaker as Fritz Curtis
Michelle and Kristina Kennedy as Elizabeth
Daniel Bardol as Ken Arrenberg
Joy Behar as Helga Von Haupt
Susie Essman as Charlotte Elkman
Robyn Peterson as Arlene Mandell
Jane Elliot as Julie
Robin Thomas as Rob Marks
Production
At the insistence of series creators Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer, the show was made without a laugh track. In December 1988, NBC announced that the series would go on hiatus after the December 21 episode. The network had planned on bring the show back after making certain "creative changes", but only one leftover episode aired in the summer of 1989.
Episodes
Eight episodes are registered with the United States Copyright Office.
References
External links
1980s American sitcoms
1988 American television series debuts
1989 American television series endings
English-language television shows
Live action television shows based on films
NBC original programming
Television series by MGM Television
Television shows set in New York City
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc%20Laffineur
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Marc Laffineur
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Marc Laffineur (born 10 August 1945) in Maubeuge is a French politician. He was a member of the National Assembly of France from 1988 to 2011, representing the Maine-et-Loire department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).
On 29 June 2011 he was appointed Minister of Veteran Affairs.
References
1945 births
Living people
People from Maubeuge
Union for French Democracy politicians
Liberal Democracy (France) politicians
Union for a Popular Movement politicians
Modern and Humanist France
Secretaries of State of France
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C10H12N2O
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C10H12N2O
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{{DISPLAYTITLE:C10H12N2O}}
The molecular formula C10H12N2O (molar mass 176.22 g/mol, exact mass : 176.094963) may refer to:
Cotinine, a substance found in tobacco and also a metabolite of nicotine
4-Methylaminorex
PIM-35
Serotonin
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C8H15NO
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C8H15NO
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{{DISPLAYTITLE:C8H15NO}}
The molecular formula C8H15NO (molar mass: 141.21 g/mol, exact mass: 141.1154 u) may refer to:
3,3-Diethyl-2-pyrrolidinone (DEABL)
Hygrine
Pseudotropine (PTO)
Tropine
Molecular formulas
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.D.%20Municipal%20Ca%C3%B1ar
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C.D. Municipal Cañar
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Club Deportivo Municipal Cañar is a sports club based in Cañar, Ecuador. They are best known for their professional football team, which plays in the third level of Ecuadorian football, the Segunda Categoría.
Municipal Canar
Association football clubs established in 1987
1987 establishments in Ecuador
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc%20Le%20Fur
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Marc Le Fur
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Marc Le Fur (born 28 November 1956 in Dakar, Senegal) is a French politician of the Republicans who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly of France since 2002, representing the Côtes-d'Armor department.
Political career
In parliament, Le Fur serves on the Finance Committee. Since 2017, he has also been a quaestor and therefore part of the Assembly's Bureau in the 15th legislature of the French Fifth Republic, under the leadership of president Richard Ferrand.
In addition to his committee assignments, Le Fur is a member of the French-Nigerian Parliamentary Friendship Group and the French-Ukrainian Parliamentary Friendship Group.
Political positions
In the Republicans’ 2017 leadership election, Le Fur endorsed Laurent Wauquiez as chairman. Ahead of the 2022 presidential elections, he publicly declared his support for Michel Barnier as the Republicans’ candidate.
References
1956 births
Living people
Union for a Popular Movement politicians
The Republicans (France) politicians
Breton people
Politicians from Brittany
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Sciences Po alumni
École nationale d'administration alumni
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Jugandoideae is a subfamily of the walnut family Juglandaceae.
This clade was first described by Koidzumi in 1937 by the name "Drupoideae," based on the drupe-like fruits of Juglans and Carya. This name was rejected because it was not based on the name of the type genus. Leroy (1955) and Melchior (1964) both published descriptions of the clade using the name "Jugandoideae," but both were deemed invalid due to technicalities. The first valid publication of the name was by Manning (1978).
Subfamily Juglandoideae
Tribe Caryeae
Carya – hickory and pecan
Annamocarya
Platycarya
Tribe Juglandeae
Cyclocarya – wheel wingnut
Juglans – walnut
Pterocarya – wingnut
Manos and Stone (2001) proposed the following reorganization to reflect a more probable phylogenetic relationship that shows that Platycarya is sister to the rest of the subfamily, while Manchester (1987) addressed the fossil record of the subfamily:
Subfamily Juglandoideae
Tribe Platycaryeae
†Hooleya
†Palaeoplatycarya
Platycarya
†Platycarypollenites
†Pterocaryopsis
†Vinea
Tribe Juglandeae
Subtribe Caryinae
Annamocarya
Carya – hickory and pecan
†Caryapollenites
†Eucaryoxylon
†Juglandicarya
Subtribe Juglandinae
Cyclocarya – wheel wingnut
Juglans – walnut
Pterocarya – wingnut
†Pterocaryoxylon
Tribe Incertae sedis
†Boreocarya
†Cruciptera
†Globocarya
†Polyptera
References
Rosid subfamilies
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bazzi%20%28singer%29
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Bazzi (singer)
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Andrew Bazzi (born August 28, 1997), known mononymously by his surname, Bazzi ( ), is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. His song "Mine", released in October 2017, gained popularity in early 2018 when it became a meme through Musical.ly edits, and the use of a Snapchat lens filter featuring the song. It peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and appeared on several international charts. He released his debut studio album, Cosmic, in 2018, which peaked at number 14 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Early life and education
Bazzi was born on August 28, 1997 in Canton, Michigan. His mother is American and his father is a Lebanese immigrant. He learned to speak Arabic and played the kazoo, oud, and guitar as a child. In 2012, he began posting covers of songs on his YouTube channel. He attended Plymouth-Canton Educational Park, where he also met Jeffrey Lu, Marc "Miller Time" Twinney, Chishti, Showbooo, Peter Bruchnak, and Rajiv Dhall. In November 2014, he moved to the Los Angeles area to pursue a music career. He finished high school at Santa Monica High School in 2015.
Career
Bazzi created a Vine account in July 2013. By 2015, he had accrued 1.5 million followers on the site. In September of that year, he became the first artist to release a Vine "Featured Track" which was entitled, "Bring You Home". In 2016, he was featured on the Fancy Cars' track "Fun". Over the course of the next two years, Bazzi released several singles including "Alone" (which was produced in Seoul, South Korea), "Beautiful", "Got Friends", and "Sober". Bazzi has cited artists Justin Timberlake, Bryson Tiller, Duran Duran, Michael Jackson and Guns N' Roses among his influences.
In October 2017, he released the single "Mine". Within days of its release, an A&R executive at Warner Music-affiliated Artist Partner Group had signed him to a deal including his songwriter Henry Fredrickson from Minnesota. The song increased in popularity after becoming an Internet meme, through videos featuring a slideshow of different pictures of the subject of the video with the Snapchat "hearts" filter and overlaying lyrics. In January 2018, the song appeared on the Billboard Hot 100, debuting at number 56. As of April 2018, the song's peak on the list was number 11. Bazzi also released three new singles in 2018, "Why?", "Gone" and "Honest". He is currently working on a collaboration with Marshmello. On March 13, 2018, Bazzi was announced as the special guest on Camila Cabello's Never Be the Same Tour's North American leg. On April 17, 2018, Cosmic debuted at number 35 and later peaked at number 14 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart. Bazzi joined Justin Timberlake's Man of the Woods Tour as the opening act for the European leg. He received a nomination for an MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist. Bazzi collaborated with Camila Cabello on a remix of the song "Beautiful", which was released on August 2, 2018. Bazzi performed "Beautiful" on a float in the 2018 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Bazzi worked with K-pop entertainment company SM Entertainment to co-write songs for two of their boy bands, EXO and NCT Dream. With NCT Dream, he co-wrote "We Go Up" with their member Mark for the EP, We Go Up. With EXO, he co-wrote "The Eve" for the studio album The War, and "Ooh La La La" and "Oasis" for the studio album Don’t Mess Up My Tempo. He also co-wrote song "Give Me a Chance" with Chinese singer and Exo member Lay Zhang for his studio album Namanana.
In April 2019, Bazzi released "Caught in the Fire" and "Paradise". On August 8, 2019, he released his debut mixtape Soul Searching, which includes the song "Paradise", as well as "Focus" (featuring 21 Savage) and "I.F.L.Y.".
In 2020 Bazzi released the singles "Young & Alive", "Renee's Song", "I Got You", "I Don't Think I'm Okay", and "Crazy".
According to his Billboard interview in 2018, Bazzi mentioned that he never had any other job experiences before his music career.
Personal life
Bazzi lives in Los Angeles. He has talked openly about his struggles with mental health and substance abuse while quarantining during the COVID-19 pandemic. In an open letter on Twitter, he stated that he "let a drug problem get out of hand, I've been drinking my boredom away." He is currently dating Renee Herbert and dedicated "I.F.L.Y" and "Renee's song" to her.
He declared that he knew Renee when she was 18, and lived a long distance relationship until he moves to Los Angeles.
Discography
Studio albums
Mixtapes
Singles
Notes
Other charted or certified songs
Music videos
Tours
Opening act
Camila Cabello – Never Be the Same Tour (2018)
Justin Timberlake – Man of the Woods Tour (2018)
Headlining Tour
The Cosmic Tour (2018)
Bazzi Live in Asia (2019)
Awards and nominations
See also
History of the Middle Eastern people in Metro Detroit
References
External links
Official website
1997 births
American contemporary R&B singers
American male pop singers
American male singer-songwriters
American male rappers
American people of Lebanese descent
Living people
People from Dearborn, Michigan
21st-century American singers
21st-century American male singers
Singer-songwriters from Michigan
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